
In this article, Emon Chakraborty PhD provides information about the risk factors of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and epilepsy. The effect of music on the seizure frequency in these conditions is also reviewed.
The clinical genetic testing strategy for epilepsies and ASD are similar and involve use of these test in order
Learning of language in infants is highly based on the musicality of sounds. Since children with ASD appear to respond better to music than to spoken words, music therapy may help children with ASD improve their skills in social interaction, verbal communication, initiating behavior and social-emotional reciprocity.
The following studies make a case for studying the effect of music in children with ASD and epilepsies:
Further study in this unique area of neuroscience will help to define what aspects of a musical stimulus are important for the anticonvulsant effect and what aspects may be potentially proconvulsant.
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