ArticlePloS one2021
Rhythm and groove as cognitive mechanisms of dance intervention in Parkinson's disease.
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- Effects of dance interventions on brain health for older adults with cognitive impairment: an umbrella review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Dance-Based Physical Activity on Sensorimotor and Psychological Function in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Mozart's rhythm influence on Alzheimer's disease progression via modulation of pathological damage and cognition.iScience · 2025Article
- Group and partnered dance for people living with dementia: an overview of intervention design and measurement considerations.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- If Art Were a Drug: Implications for Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Predictive coding in musical anhedonia: A study of groove.PloS one · 2024Article
- Sex differences in vocal learning ability in songbirds are linked with differences in flexible rhythm pattern perception.Animal behaviour · 2023Article
- Effects of Musical Classes on Motor Creativity According to Age, Sex, and Weight Status in Young Students: A Music-Oriented versus Conventional Education Plan.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Unleashing the potential of dance: a neuroplasticity-based approach bridging from older adults to Parkinson's disease patients.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- Music and Brain Circuitry: Strategies for Strengthening Evidence-Based Research for Music-Based Interventions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Review
- More Than Movement: Exploring Motor Simulation, Creativity, and Function in Co-developed Dance for Parkinson's.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The sweet spot between predictability and surprise: musical groove in brain, body, and social interactions.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Elements of musical and dance sophistication predict musical groove perception.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a loss of internal cueing systems, affecting rhythmic motor tasks such as walking and speech production. Music and dance encourage spontaneous rhythmic coupling between sensory and motor systems; this has inspired the development of dance programs for PD. Here we assessed the therapeutic outcome and some underlying cognitive mechanisms of dance classes for PD, as measured by neuropsychological assessments of disease severity as well as quantitative assessments of rhythmic ability and sensorimotor experience. We assessed prior music and dance experience, beat perception (Beat Alignment Test), sensorimotor coupling (tapping to high- and low-groove songs), and disease severity (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale in PD individuals) before and after four months of weekly dance classes. PD individuals performed better on UPDRS after four months of weekly dance classes, suggesting efficacy of dance intervention. Greater post-intervention improvements in UPDRS were associated with the presence of prior dance experience and with more accurate sensorimotor coupling. Prior dance experience was additionally associated with enhanced sensorimotor coupling during tapping to both high-groove and low-groove songs. These results show that dance classes for PD improve both qualitative and quantitative assessments of disease symptoms. The association between these improvements and dance experience suggests that rhythmic motor training, a mechanism underlying dance training, impacts improvements in parkinsonian symptoms following a dance intervention.
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