The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance

Abstract Creative movement, in the form of music- and dance-based exercise and rehabilitation, can serve as a model for learning and memory, visuospatial orientation, mental imagery, and multimodal sensory-motor integration. This review summarizes the advancement in cognitive neuroscience aimed at d...

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Main Authors: Madeleine Eve Hackney, Agnieszka Zofia Burzynska, Lena H. Ting
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-024-00906-8
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description Abstract Creative movement, in the form of music- and dance-based exercise and rehabilitation, can serve as a model for learning and memory, visuospatial orientation, mental imagery, and multimodal sensory-motor integration. This review summarizes the advancement in cognitive neuroscience aimed at determining cognitive processes and brain structural and functional correlates involved in dance or creative movement, as well as the cognitive processes which accompany such activities. We synthesize the evidence for the use of cognitive, motor, and cognitive-motor function in dance as well as dance’s potential application in neurological therapy and neurorehabilitation. Finally, we discuss how partnered interaction and sensorimotor integration in dance, and “dancing robots” could shed light on future application of dance as rehabilitation, of dance used in technology and potential mechanisms of benefit from dance-based activities.
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spelling doaj-art-2fdbd181862c498f99a375efe95413342025-08-20T02:13:36ZengBMCBMC Neuroscience1471-22022024-11-0125111110.1186/s12868-024-00906-8The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of danceMadeleine Eve Hackney0Agnieszka Zofia Burzynska1Lena H. Ting2Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Atlanta VA HealthCare SystemDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State UniversityDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory UniversityAbstract Creative movement, in the form of music- and dance-based exercise and rehabilitation, can serve as a model for learning and memory, visuospatial orientation, mental imagery, and multimodal sensory-motor integration. This review summarizes the advancement in cognitive neuroscience aimed at determining cognitive processes and brain structural and functional correlates involved in dance or creative movement, as well as the cognitive processes which accompany such activities. We synthesize the evidence for the use of cognitive, motor, and cognitive-motor function in dance as well as dance’s potential application in neurological therapy and neurorehabilitation. Finally, we discuss how partnered interaction and sensorimotor integration in dance, and “dancing robots” could shed light on future application of dance as rehabilitation, of dance used in technology and potential mechanisms of benefit from dance-based activities.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-024-00906-8DanceCognitionMental imagerySensorimotor integrationNeural representationDance therapy
spellingShingle Madeleine Eve Hackney
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Dance
Cognition
Mental imagery
Sensorimotor integration
Neural representation
Dance therapy
title The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance
title_full The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance
title_fullStr The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance
title_full_unstemmed The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance
title_short The cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive rehabilitation of dance
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topic Dance
Cognition
Mental imagery
Sensorimotor integration
Neural representation
Dance therapy
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