The Music Momma

Shelly Suarez is CEO of Learn Now Music, Inc. a professional on-site music education service supplying MD, DC, VA, CA and FL with in-home private music lessons and on-site group music instruction at public and private schools, pre-schools, and other facilities. The Music Momma blog is interactive. Please feel free to ask her ANY music or educational questions you may have and she will do her best to guide you through! Learn more about Learn Now Music @ LearnNowMusic.com or 1-800-399-6414

Friday, March 25, 2011

Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information

Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are better able to remember new verbal information when it is provided in the context of music even when compared to healthy, older adults. The findings, which currently appear on-line in Neuropsychologia, offer possible applications in treating and caring for patients with AD.

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