Plato said music “gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.” Two and a half millennia later, a study by researchers at the University of Utah is suggesting that music-based treatments may indeed provide significant help in revitalizing patients plagued by mental illness, by lifting their mood and improving many important cognitive functions.
Music may help restore cognitive functions in dementia patients
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