學院

醫學院

系所

職能治療學系

題名

Effects of listening to pleasant music on chronic unilateral neglect: A single-subject

作者

Tsai, P-L.*, Chen, M-C., Huang, Y-T., Lin, K-C.

期刊名稱

NeuroRehabilitation (SSCI 期刊)

發表日期

2013

著作性質

原著

語文

英文

關鍵字

Neglect, Music, Attention, Stroke, Rehabilitation

摘要

Recent studies suggest that the positive emotion induced by pleasant music may improve cognitive functions. We used the single-subject design to study whether listening to preferred music may reduce unilateral neglect in two participants with post-stroke neglect. These participants were instructed to listen to their preferred music every day for 5 weeks, followed by 2 weeks of follow-up assessment. Outcome measures involved the Star Cancellation Test, the Line Bisection Test, and the visual exploration task. A combination of visual analysis and the two-standard-deviation band method was used for data analysis. Both participants showed significant intervention-related improvements on all outcome measures except the Line Bisection Test, on which one participant showed no improvement. The therapeutic effects were maintained during the follow-up phase. The findings suggest that positive emotion, evoked by preferred music, may be used to ameliorate unilateral neglect. Further research using controlled trials is warranted to validate the findings.