CIMTR Public Research Lecture: Daily music listening to support psychological recovery after stroke

Join ARU's Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR) online for a talk from Dr Satu Baylan about how daily music listening could affect recovery from stroke.

Emotional and cognitive difficulties, such as difficulties with memory, are common after stroke and in other neurological conditions. Daily music has been suggested to have a beneficial effect on mood and cognitive recovery but research in individuals affected by stroke is limited. This talk will present findings from the MELLO music listening trial and subsequent work, which speculated that music listening may enhance control of attention in a similar way to mindfulness interventions, which have demonstrated benefit in the treatment of mood disorders. Recommendations for research and practical use of music listening to support recovery after stroke will be discussed.

Speaker

Dr Satu Baylan is a qualified Clinical Psychologist working within Neuro-Rehabilitation in the NHS and as a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to completing clinical training and gaining experience within academia, she completed a PhD in Psychological Medicine focused on the assessment and rehabilitation of prospective memory. Both her clinical work and research is focused on neuropsychological rehabilitation. She has a particular interest in research focused on music-based interventions to support mood, cognition and sleep in neurological conditions. She is an executive committee member of the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the WFNR.