The Music & Science Symposium in Boston on April 12, 2013 was designated to merge new findings in the fields of music neuroscience, music therapy, music cognition, music technology, and music medicine. Experts in these respective fields presented four talks as well as musical performances. Dr. Psyche Loui reported recent findings in music-related neuropsychological research, followed by Dr. Con...

Introduction: Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) was originally developed as an observation tool to examine person-centered care in long-term care facilities and to evaluate the quality of life and well-being of people with dementia (PwD). However, the effects of a music intervention using this tool have not been investigated so far. This leads to the following research question: How does a music inte...