Alan Turry, managing director of the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at NYU Steinhardt, recently appeared on WNYC's "Soundcheck" to discuss the role of music therapy in treatment for adults with dementia.  In a conversation with John Schaefer, the host, and Dr. Petr Janata, the author of a recent study examining the neural connections between music and memory, Dr. Turry discusses the many positive effects of music therapy.

"Music reduces depression," he says. "We have so many examples of people who are isolated and withdrawn and not relating who, through musical interaction, will become animated and interested in what is going on around them."