Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs.
Aleksi J SihvonenVera LeoPablo RipollésTerhi LehtovaaraAki YlönenPekka RajanaroSari LaitinenAnita ForsblomJani SaunavaaraTaina AuttiMatti LaineAntoni Rodríguez-FornellsMari TervaniemiSeppo SoinilaTeppo SärkämöPublished in: Annals of clinical and translational neurology (2020)
Vocal music listening is an effective and easily applicable tool to support cognitive recovery after stroke as well as to enhance early language recovery in aphasia. The rehabilitative effects of vocal music are driven by both structural and functional plasticity changes in temporoparietal networks crucial for emotional processing, language, and memory.