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Article Evaluation
Music Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease

Here are some articles that I am considering using as sources:

1) Article in Neurology Times about Alzheimer's and Music Therapy http://www.neurologytimes.com/alzheimer-disease/impact-music-therapy-alzheimer-symptoms?GUID=624E7175-73DC-4812-A65A-1CC1BE2BE519&XGUID=&rememberme=1&ts=01062017 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28691506 Meta-analysis about music therapy. 3) Look into the movie Alive Inside to get details about that and its relationship toward music 4) Article on individualized music program’s efficacy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28483436 5) Journal article on music therapy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432051/ 6) Company with individualized music therapy 7) Article titled: Adjunct effect of music therapy on cognition in Alzheimer’s disease in Taiwan 8) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy2008/full Article in Corsini about Music Therapy generally 9) Effects of Music Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Alzheimer's Type Dementia 10) Meta-Analysis Is Music Therapy an Effective Intervention for Dementia? A Meta-Analytic Review of Literature 11) Music Therapy with Alzheimer's Patients and Their Family Caregivers: A Pilot Project 12) ‘Singing for the Brain’: reflections on the human capacity for music arising from a pilot study of group singing with Alzheimer’s patients 13) Music therapy for people with dementia (Review) 14) The Use of Music to Aid Memory of Alzheimer’s Patients 15) Effects of Music on Alzheimer's Patients

Peer Review
Celia Vaughn Peer Review

The existing article has just begun addressing the topic at hand - music therapy in Alzheimer's disease. As of now, the author has included portions of the "Lead" section where she intends to state the most important information about the article's subject and an overview of the content she will later address. Elena's "Lead" section effectively introduces music therapy used in Alzheimer's treatment and begins to delve into the various sections of importance she plans to discuss at length throughout the remainder of the article.

My only suggestion would be to discuss and explain what music therapy is in a general context outside of the topic of Alzheimer's in order to provide the reader with a basic understanding of this type of treatment. Early in the "Lead" section, she may want to define music therapy since this is the focus of the research. Likewise, as she expands on the introduction, the author wants to be sure that she gives equal weight to each aspect/topic of the article that will be discussed in detail. She wants to be sure to reflect the most important information before going into detail in the body of the article.