Singing for the Brain - Sheffield Memory Hub
Singing for the Brain – Sheffield Memory Hub’s Choir performed publicly for the first time, at their recent first-year Anniversary Celebrations.
While there is still no cure for dementia, we find that singing plays a key role in helping alleviate some of our Members’ symptoms and lifting their spirits and those of their care partners.
🧠 The effects of singing and music-making on the brain are incredibly powerful. Science is just scratching the surface of its true influence on our mental health, well-being, and psychology.
🎵 In recent years, researchers have discovered that music has profound effects on the brain, with the potential to become addictive by acting on similar brain regions as illegal drugs, yet without the associated side effects.
☺️This insight underscores the therapeutic power of music, with singing specifically shown to enhance psychological well-being and alleviate symptoms of agitation, anxiety, and depression.
🙋🏾♂️By increasing blood flow through the body, singing encourages the brain to release feel-good chemicals like endorphins. It also helps strengthen neural pathways and increase neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s ability to change and adapt to new experiences.
💃Bodily movement and coordination can be strengthened by singing, as the brain multitasks to process rhythm and produce sound, therefore increasing alertness
Listen Along and See How Well they performed.
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