Nonverbal Communication in Aged People

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Musical interventions improve the emotional state of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) while having a positive impact on the caregiver's well-being. However, the factors that could be responsible for this positive effect remain unknown. Among these, the sensory-motor synchronization (SMS) of movements to the musical rhythm, frequently observed during musical activities and possible up to the advanced stages of AD, could modulate the emotional state. Several recent studies have shown that rhythmic training (or SMS) influences the organism at the motor, cognitive and social levels while activating the cerebral reward circuit. This action that generates pleasure also facilitates non-verbal emotional expression. However, the conditions that modulate SMS and their relationship to nonverbal communication, emotional, behavioral and cognitive state have not yet been studied in healthy or pathological elderly.

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• Study type: Interventional
• Participants enrolled: 240
• From 17 May 2018 to the primary completion date, 23 Feb 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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