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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.
2025
Tan M, Friyia S, Hurt-Thaut C, Rizvi SJ, Thaut MH. Music-Based Cognitive Training for Adults with Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide Risk: A Pilot Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(3):757, doi.org/10.3390/jcm14030757
Tan M, Rizvi SJ, Hurt Thaut CP, Thaut MH. 2025. Evaluating the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire and Semantic Differential Profile Scale for adults with Major Depressive Disorder and suicidal ideation. PLOS ONE Mental Health, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000261
Vuong V, O’Neil MJ, Dimitrijevic A, Buchsbaum BR, Thaut MH, Alain C. 2025. When melodies cue memories: Electrophysiological correlates of autobiographically salient music listening in older adults. GeroScience, doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.16.649223
Lavigne S, Burdette J, Bahrami M, Laurien P, Lyday R, Thaut MH. 2025. Altered basal ganglia networks topology associated with auditory-motor synchronization. Brain & Behavior, doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70695
Caputo CC, Pranjic M, Koshimori Y, Thaut MH. 2025. The effects of music-based Pattern Sensory Enhancement on motor function: A scoping review. Brain Sciences, doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15070664
Pranjic M, Leung J, Tam KL, Polatajko H, Welsh TN, Chau T, Thaut MH. 2025. Brain behavior correlates of rhythmic timing and auditory-motor synchronization in children with developmental coordination disorder: an EEG study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, doi.103389/fnhum.2025.1602580
Koshimori Y, Shetty Akkunje P, Tjiandri E, Kowaleski JB, Thaut MH. 2025. Music-based interventions for non-fluent aphasia: A systematic review of randomized control trials. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15387
2024
Impellizzeri F, Maggia MG, De Pasquale P, Bonanno M, Bonanno L, De Luca R, Paladina G, Alibrandi A, Milardi D, Thaut MH, Hurt C, Quartarone A, Calabro RS. 2024. Coupling Neurologic Music Therapy with immersive virtual reality to improve executive functions in individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A quasi-experimental clinical trial. Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prdoa.2024.100277
Pranjic M, Braun Janzen T, Vuksic N, Thaut MH. 2024. From sound to movement: Mapping neural mechanisms of auditory-motor entrainment and synchronization. Brain Sciences, doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14111063
Pranjić, M., Leung, J., Tam, K. L., Polatajko, H., Welsh, T., Chau, T. & Thaut, M. H. 2024. Children with developmental coordination disorder display atypical interhemispheric connectivity during conscious and subconscious auditory-motor synchronization. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69807-4
Mertel K, Dimitrijevic A Thaut MH 2024. Can music enhance working memory and speech in noise in cochlear implant users A design protocol for a randomized controlled behavioral and electrophysiological study. Audiology Research, https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres14040052
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, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1355942
Richard N, Tremblay L, Thaut CP, Brian J, Kowaleski J, Mertel K, Schlueter S, Thaut MH. 2024. Auditory feedback decreases timing variability for discontinuous and continuous tasks in autistic adults. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2024.1379208
2023
Koshimori Y, Thaut MH. 2023. Rhythmic auditory stimulation as potential neuromodulator for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson and Related Disorders, doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105459
Kang KR, Orlandi S, Leung J, Akter M, Lorenzen N, Chau T, Thaut MH. 2023. Electroencephalographic Interbrain Synchronization in Children with Disabilities, their Parents, and Neurologic Music Therapists. European Journal of Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16036
Pranjic M, Hashemi N, Arnett AB, Thaut MH. 2023. Auditory-perceptual and auditory-motor timing abilities in children with developmental coordination disorder: A scoping review. Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13050729
Richard N, Hurt Thaut CP, Thaut MH. 2023. Factors influencing music therapists’ retention of clinical hours with autistic clients over telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Music Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thad029
Richard N, Hurt Thaut C, Thaut MH. 2023. Novel screening tool and considerations for neurologic music therapists serving autistic individuals via telehealth: Qualitative results from a survey of clinician experiences. Journal of Music Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thac009
2022
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, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.789467.
Hebb C, Raynor G, Perez DL, Nappi-Kaehler J, Polich G, Mark VW. The use of rhythmic auditory stimulation for functional gait disorder: A case report. NeuroRehabilitation. 2022;50(2):219-229. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-228005
Kang K, Orlandi S, Chau T, Thaut MH. 2022. Does music induce interbrain synchronization among non-verbal youth with cerebral palsy, the parent, and a Neurologic Music Therapist. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2022.2051628
Loria T, De Grosbois JP, Haire C, Vuong V, Schaffert N, Tremblay L, Thaut MH. Music-based intervention drives paretic limb acceleration into intentional movement frequencies in chronic stroke rehabilitation. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.989810
Seoyon Yang, Jee Hyun Suh, SuYeon Kwon, Min Cheol Chang (2022). The effect of neurologic music therapy in patients with cerebral palsy: A systematic narrative review . Front. Neurol. 13:852277. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.852277
The Research Topic The Clinical Neuroscience of Music: Evidence Based Approaches and Neurologic Music Therapy Frontiers e-book, comprising all the articles featured in this Research Topic, has been compiled and is now available online for download.