Key NMT™ Publications
The Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy™ maintains a database of known publications related to Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™), a PDF of Key NMT™ publications, and the most recent publications as resources for Academy affiliates and non-affiliates. If you have recently published research related to NMT™, please send a citation and copy of your publication to the Academy Scientific Director, Dr. Michael Thaut.
The Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy, 2nd edition, Thaut and Hoemberg, 2025 (ISBN: 9780192844491)
Recommendations
Reviews
Braun Janzen T, Thaut MH. 2018. Rethinking the role of music in the neurodevelopment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Music & Science 1:1-8. doi: 10.1177/20592043/8769639.
Braun Janzen T, Koshimori Y, Richard N, Thaut MH. 2022. Rhythm and music based interventions in motor rehabilitation: Current evidence and future perspectives. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.789467.
Current evidence and future Directions. Canadian Journal, of Psychiatry, doi: 10.1177/07067437211007811.
Koshimori Y, Thaut MH. 2019. New perspectives on music in rehabilitation of executive and attention function. Frontiers in Neuroscience, doi: org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01245.
Koshimori Y, Thaut MH. 2018. Future perspectives on neural mechanisms underlying rhythm and music based neurorehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease. Ageing Research Reviews, 47, 133-139; doi:10.1016/j.arr.2018. 07.001.
Mollica A, Thaut MH, Burke M. 2021. Proposing music-based interventions for the Treatment of traumatic brain injury symptoms: Current evidence and future Directions. Canadian Journal, of Psychiatry, doi: 10.1177/07067437211007811.
Schaffert N, Braun Janzen T, Mattes K, Thaut MH. 2019. A review of the relationship between sound and movement in sports and rehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00244.
Thaut MH. 2021. Advances in the role of music in neurorehabilitation: Addressing critical gaps in clinical applications. NeuroRehabilitation, doi:10.3233/NRE-208010.
Thaut MH, McIntosh GC, Hoemberg V. 2015. Neurobiological foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic entrainment and the tor system. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01185.
Thaut MH, Francisco G, Hoemberg V. 2021. Editorial: The clinical neuroscience of music: Evidence based approaches and Neurologic Music Therapy. Frontiers in Neuroscience, doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.740329.
Clinical Reports
Buard I, Dewispelaere W, Thaut MH, Kluger B. 2019. Neurophysiological evidence for altered cortical activity and connectivity with Neurologic Music Therapy in Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience,doi.org/103389/fnins.2019.00105.
Fischer CE, Churchill N, Leggieri M, Vuong V, Tau M, Fornazzari LR, Schweizer T, Thaut MH. 2021. Long known music exposure effects on brain imaging and cognition in early-state cognitive decline. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, doi 10.3233/JAD-210610.
Haire Cm, Tremblay L, Vuong V, Patterson K, Chen J, Burdette JH, Schaffert N, Thaut MH. 2021. Therapeutic instrumental music training and motor imagery in post stroke upper-extremity rehabilitation: a randomized controlled pilot study. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translations, doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2021.1001162.
Loria T, De Grosbois JP, Haire C, Vuong V, Schaffert N, Tremblay L, Thaut MH. 2022. Music-based intervention drives paretic limb acceleration into intentional movement frequencies in chronic stroke rehabilitation. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science. Doi: 10.3389/fresc.2022.989810.
Richard N, Thaut CP, Brian J, Tremblay L, Pranjic M, Teich J, Tan M, Kowaleski J, Thaut MH. 2024. Improved motor skills in autistic children after three weeks of Neurologic Music Therapy: A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology, doi 103389/fpsyg.2024.1355942.
Tan M, Friyia S, Hurt Thaut CP, Rizvi S, Thaut MH. 2025. Music based cognitive
training for adults with major depressive disorder and suicide risk: a pilot study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, doi.org/10.3390/jcm14030757.
Thaut MH, Fischer CE, Leggieri M, Vuong V, Churchill N, Fornazzari L, Schweizer T. 2020. Neural basis of long-term musical memory in cognitively impaired older persons. Alzheimer’s Disease & Associated Disorders, doi:10.1097/WAD.0000000000000382.
Thaut MH, Kenyon GP, Hurt CP, McIntosh GC, Hoemberg V. 2002. Kinematic optimization of spatiotemporal patterns in paretic arm training with stroke patients. Neuropsychologia, 40, 1073-1081. DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(01)00141-5
Thaut MH, Leins A, Rice RR, Kenyon GP, Argstatter H, Fetter M, Bolay V. 2007. Rhythmic auditory stimulation improves gait more than NDT/Bobath training in near ambulatory patients early post stroke: A single-blind randomized control trial. Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair, 21, 455-459. DOI: 10.1177/1545968307300523.
Thaut MH, McIntosh GC, Rice RR, Miller RA, Rathbun J, Brault JM. 1996. Rhythmic auditory stimulation in gait training with Parkinson’s disease patients. Movement Disorders, 11, 193-200. DOI: 10.1002/mds.870110213.
Thaut MH, Peterson DA, McIntosh GC, Hoemberg V. 2014. Musical mnemonics aid verbal memory and induce learning-related plasticity in multiple sclerosis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00395.
Thaut MH, Rice RR, Braun Janzen T, Hurt Thaut CP, McIntosh GC. 2018. Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation for Reduction of Falls in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study. Clinical Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.1177/0269215518788615.