“‘I started to understand what music can do for traumatized populations—it can help create a sense of normalcy, joy, expression,’ she says.
‘Music in therapy doesn’t work for everyone,” Down adds. “But I think there is a ‘music’ part of all of our brains. Studies have shown that even with degenerative brain diseases, like Alzheimer’s, one of the faculties that remains is our ability to recall melody and song, even when we can’t recognize the faces and names of our own children.’
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