Music and Autism: New Ways of Research for Neuroscience

Music and Autism: New Ways of Research for Neuroscience https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-68338-1_14 1. Music and Autism 2. Alfred Tomatis and audiopsychophonology 3. The neuroscientific basis of the music-brain relationship 4. Marta Herbert's thesis 5. Music, neuroscience and mirror neurons. For a long time, the role of music in relation to autism and other neurodiversities has been confined to the therapeutic field, mainly on the basis of observation that has suggested affinities and positive effects. In fact, extensive cross-sectional studies (here, for example, a parallel with Williams syndrome will be described) have shown that music, and sound in general, have precise neuroscientific correlations with cerebellar structures and their conformation and development. This chapter will particularly describe the neuroscientific basis of the correlation between music and the brain and studies in the neuroscientific correlates between music and the activity of the mirror neuron system.