New research shows that listening to music can help stroke victims recover from emotional, psychological and cognitive effects of stroke, according to Pacific Standard magazine. The results of a study published recently by researchers Teppo Särkämö, of the University of Helsinki, and David Soto, of Imperial College of London, indicate that when stroke victims listened to music they enjoy for at least an hour a day for the first 60 days after their strokes, their attention spans and verbal memories improved, and their tendencies to become depressed and confused were reduced. Read more: Listening to Music Aids in Stroke Recovery (PS)
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.