Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab Archive — Page 2 of 2

ACM logo with gold stylized swooshes and the words “ACM” and “Lifting Lives.”
August 13, 2020

ACM gift aims to improve lives of children with autism spectrum disorder

ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music, has made a generous gift to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for programs and research demonstrating the healing power of music to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Cartoon panels showing a smiling girl waving, decorated maracas, a laughing child, an adult comforting a child, and a person waving.
April 16, 2020

At home with children? Have fun and get creative with this music toolkit.

“Musical activities can also support one of the most critical social relationships: that between a parent and child.”

By Kelsey Herbers
Five Vanderbilt researchers pose behind a grand piano in a wood-paneled room: Miriam Ploger, Ruth Kleinpell, Joseph Schlesinger, Reyna Gordon, and Miriam Lense, shown left to right.
September 25, 2019

Researchers explore music’s effect on ICU patients, staff

A group of Vanderbilt researchers is launching a pilot study on the effect of live music on patients, families and staff in the adult intensive care unit and is inviting musical members of the Vanderbilt community to help.

By Nancy Wise