Oct 9, 2022
Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: computing, media & arts, military, neuroscience
When Michael Schneider’s anxiety and PTSD flare up, he reaches for the ukulele he keeps next to his computer.
“I can’t actually play a song,” says Schneider, who suffered two serious brain injuries during nearly 22 years in the Marines. “But I can play chords to take my stress level down.”
It’s a technique Schneider learned through Creative Forces, an arts therapy initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.