Maïté Castro1, Barbara Tillmann2, Jacques Luauté3, Alexandra Corneyllie2, Frédéric Dailler4, Nathalie André-Obadia5, Fabien Perrin2. 1. Auditory Cognition and Psychoacoustics Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (UCBL, CNRS UMR5292, Inserm U1028), Lyon, France maite.castro@inserm.fr. 2. Auditory Cognition and Psychoacoustics Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (UCBL, CNRS UMR5292, Inserm U1028), Lyon, France. 3. Integrative, Multisensory, Perception, Action and Cognition Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (UCBL, CNRS UMR5292, Inserm U1028), Lyon, France Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Henry Gabrielle Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. 4. Department of Intensive Care, Neurological Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. 5. Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Neurological Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France Central Integration of Pain in Humans, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (UCBL, CNRS UMR5292, Inserm U1028), Lyon, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Music listening conveys beneficial effects on cognitive processes in both normal and pathologic cerebral functioning. Surprisingly, no quantitative study has evaluated the potential effects of music on cognition and consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of music on cerebral processing in patients with disorders of consciousness. METHODS: Using bedside electroencephalographic recording, we acquired in 13 patients with disorders of consciousness event-related potentials to the patient's first name after either an excerpt of the patient's preferred music (music condition) or a continuous sound (control condition). RESULTS: The cerebral response to the patient's first name was more often observed in the music condition, than in the control condition. Furthermore, the presence or absence of a discriminative response in the music condition seemed to be associated with a favorable or unfavorable outcome, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate for the first time that music has a beneficial effect on cognitive processes of patients with disorders of consciousness. The autobiographical characteristics of music, that is, its emotional and personal relevance, probably increase arousal and/or awareness.
BACKGROUND: Music listening conveys beneficial effects on cognitive processes in both normal and pathologic cerebral functioning. Surprisingly, no quantitative study has evaluated the potential effects of music on cognition and consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of music on cerebral processing in patients with disorders of consciousness. METHODS: Using bedside electroencephalographic recording, we acquired in 13 patients with disorders of consciousness event-related potentials to the patient's first name after either an excerpt of the patient's preferred music (music condition) or a continuous sound (control condition). RESULTS: The cerebral response to the patient's first name was more often observed in the music condition, than in the control condition. Furthermore, the presence or absence of a discriminative response in the music condition seemed to be associated with a favorable or unfavorable outcome, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate for the first time that music has a beneficial effect on cognitive processes of patients with disorders of consciousness. The autobiographical characteristics of music, that is, its emotional and personal relevance, probably increase arousal and/or awareness.
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