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This article discusses musician's dystonia and proposes novel treatment strategies. The authors emphasize the importance of early and precise diagnosis and advocate for a comprehensive approach to treatment that considers the neurobiological and psychosocial aspects of the condition. They suggest interventions targeting the sensorimotor system, as well as interventions addressing memory consolidation, identity integration, and emotion regulation. The article also highlights the potential benefits of personalized physiotherapy and psychotherapy. The text discusses a therapeutic approach called EMDR+ R that incorporates music and bilateral sound stimulation to address task-specific focal dystonia in musicians. It also discusses the use of personalized neuromodulation techniques to alleviate sensorimotor integration deficits. The proposed multidimensional therapeutic strategy includes personalized psychotherapy, sensory-motor retuning, and neuromodulation, with the option for remote treatment. The text acknowledges the need for further research and clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of these approaches. This document is a list of references for various scientific articles related to the treatment and understanding of focal hand dystonia in musicians. The articles cover topics such as the effectiveness of behavioral treatment, the role of somatosensory cortical organization, the impact of stress on motor performance, and the use of neuromodulation techniques. The articles provide a comprehensive overview of the current research in this field and may be useful for library patrons conducting research on musician's dystonia. [Extracted from the article]

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an elective therapy to treat people with post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). In line with the personalization of therapeutic strategies, through this pilot study, we assessed in people suffering from the effects of trauma the feasibility, safety, acceptance, and efficacy of EMDR enriched with sound stimulation (by administering neutral sounds synchronized with the guided bilateral alternating stimulation of the gaze) and musical reward (musical listening based on the patients' predisposition and personal tastes). Feasibility, quantified by the number of patients who completed the treatment, was excellent as this was the case in 12 out of the 12 enrolled people with psychological trauma. Safety and acceptance, assessed by self-compiled questionnaires, were excellent, with an absence of side effects and high satisfaction. Efficacy, quantified by the number of EMDR treatment sessions required to reach the optimal scores on the Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD) and Validity of Cognition (VOC) scales typical of EMDR protocols, revealed an average duration of 8.5 (SD 1.2) sessions, which is well below the 12 sessions considered a standard EMDR treatment duration. EMDR+ appears to be a relevant personalization of EMDR, particularly in music-sensitive people, consolidating the therapeutic alliance through a multisensory communicative bond for trauma treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since about two decades neuroscientists have systematically faced the problem of consciousness: the aim is to discover the neural activity specifically related to conscious perceptions, i.e. the biological properties of what philosophers call qualia. In this view, a neural correlate of consciousness (NCC) is a precise pattern of brain activity that specifically accompanies a particular conscious experience. Almost all studies aimed at investigating the NCC have been carried out in the visual system. One of the most promising paradigms is based on sensory stimuli which elicit bistable percepts, as they allow to decouple subjective perception from the characteristics of the physical stimulation. Such kind of perception can be produced in the visual modality by using particular images (e.g. Rubin's vase/face figure) or by presenting two dissimilar stimuli separately to the two eyes (binocular rivalry). The stimuli compete for perceptual dominance and each image is visible in turn for a few seconds, while the other is suppressed. The use of this methodology has led to important findings concerning visual consciousness, which are briefly discussed. For the investigation of auditory consciousness, a similar stimulation paradigm can be achieved by using dichotic listening, consisting in two different stimuli presented each to one ear, which compete for perception (binaural rivalry). The principal aim of the present mini-review is to discuss the few contributes facing the issue of auditory consciousness and to advance the use of dichotic listening and binaural rivalry as valid tools for its investigation. (Contains 2 figures.)