Dementia is a disease that causes functional impairment that occurs in the brain.
One is senile, become the most common symptoms of this disease. However, a study found that listening to music helps people with dementia to better remember.
"Music is often triggers a memory, and not just about the song but it may be a time and place when people hear it," said Helen Odell-Miller, professor of music therapy at Anglia Ruskin University reported by the Daily Mail, Wednesday (10/6).
She explained that by using a musical instrument, singing, and clapping help dementia patients to communicate. When cognitive function decline, people will be difficult to use words to express themselves on something.
"Music helps them find new ways to show how they are feeling, which enhances relationships with their caregivers," said Professor Odell-Miller.
Other studies also support these findings. A journal Aging & Mental Health in 2013 found that patients with dementia can reduce antipsychotic and antidepressant medications after six weeks of music therapy. As well as this therapy helps patients reduce anxiety than patients with dementia who just did the standard treatment.
At the same journal published in January, found that people play a musical instrument 36 percent less likely to develop dementia. A theory reveals that the instrument makes the brain fitter and more able to withstand damage due to age.