WHY IS IT THAT RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES IS SO URGENTLY NEEDED?

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This review argues why research into the effects of music on Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is urgently needed. In this sense, in inquiring into the possibility of using music therapy as a psychosocial intervention in the management of DLB, it begins with a brief presentation of human aging, followed by the presentation of DLB and of how DLB fits into human aging, followed by the presentation of the effects of physical activity and the reasons why it cannot be used as a viable psychosocial intervention in the management of DLB. Finally, this review presents the evidence on the effects of music on dementia and the reasons and arguments why research into the effects of music on DLB is so urgently needed. Live music seems to be significantly associated to a short-term lessening of apathy in dementia.