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The Scientific Approach to Music Therapy – New Trends in the Measurement Technology

Summary/Abstract: New trends in the measurement technology of music and its therapeutic effect are proving once more the scientific approach of music therapy, its importance and recognition as a therapeutic method in medicine, psychology, and education. This paper is an overview of the elements that cause music therapy to be considered a scientific method. We start by defining music therapy and its area of use and continue with the research, measurement technology and examples of application at Transilvania University of Braşov, in the Creativity Laboratory. The new technology presented includes medical instruments, nuclear technology for diagnosis, and recording and measuring equipment of the body’s reactions to music. The aim of this study is to help music therapists in finding scientific ways of choosing the proper and most helpful method and music in therapy.

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