News From the Cause
Music Therapy Helps Vets Control Symptoms of PTSD: (WNYC-NPR, NYC)
September 07, 2010
But recent findings from McGill University’s Neuropsychology department suggest that specific parts of the brain are activated when patients listen to music which they like. And when the nucleus accumbens and the caudate nucleus, which are part of the reward, motivation and emotion systems, get jazzed up, a person starts feeling better. These same circuits release powerful chemicals when someone falls in love, eats good food, does drugs or has sex. click here to view
