Music Therapy | Opera Singer turned neuroscientist uses Music as medicine for Dementia, Autism and More.

Opera singer and neuroscientist Linda Maguire

We usually think of music as entertainment, but in the ancient world, music was often considered a form of medicine.

Over the past few decades, scientists have rediscovered music’s healing abilities, and studies have shown that music can effectively treat conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, chronic pain, Parkinson’s, PTSD, autism, help stroke patients recover, and more.

Linda Maguire internationally renowned musician with a red carpet career spanning 23 years, in the last few years she has turned her musical talents toward a new theme: healing.

If you want to know more about the studies, tests and therapies carried out by Maguire as part of her research please see the article on The Epoch Times.

About Sara Filippini

Opera music along with destination management and communication are my fields of expertise. Music and singing are my passion combined with travel and exploring the connection between places and their stories. Coming from Italy I am blessed with wealth of history and adventures to be explored from Sicily to the Alp's. The real dept of any story can be best felt from the place of its origin were the surroundings add to the sense of connection and true appreciation.

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