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Music as a social bond in patients with amnesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Maria Chiara Del Mastro ,
Maria Rosaria Strollo  and
Mohamad El Haj Open the ORCID record for Mohamad El Haj [Opens in a new window]
Maria Chiara Del Mastro
Affiliation:
Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Porta di Massa 1, 00133 Naples, Italy mariachiara.delmastro@unina.it; mariarosaria.strollo@unina.it
Maria Rosaria Strollo
Affiliation:
Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Porta di Massa 1, 00133 Naples, Italy mariachiara.delmastro@unina.it; mariarosaria.strollo@unina.it
Mohamad El Haj
Affiliation:
Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL – EA 4638), F-44000 Nantes, France mohamad.elhaj@univ-nantes.fr Unité de Gériatrie, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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Abstract

The music and social bonding (MSB) hypothesis proposes that human musicality has evolved as mechanisms supporting social bonding. We consider the MSB hypothesis under the lens of amnesia by arguing how patients with amnesia, especially those with Alzheimer's disease, can benefit from music, not only to retrieve personal memories, but also to use them for social bonding.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e67
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