The findings also show that the structure of music and people's use of it are similar in key respects to language structure and use. The study involved mapping the brain locations activated in eight right-handed Ph.D. faculty musicians as they simultaneously listened to a performanceof and read the score of a Bach chorale. On each trail, there were deliberately placed errors in either rhythm, harmony, or melody. The researches say that the findings could aid the clinical practice of neurology, including cognitive rehabilitation. According to the study, one of the promacy rehabilition methods for individuals with damage to brain areas underlying language and speech is melodic intonation therapy.
Subjects sing what they want to say, and some improve their fluency of speech.
The new research could provide insight into the function of right-hemisphere brain areas that are stimulated during successful therapy of this kind.