Editorial: Perspectives on music and pain: from evidence to theory and application
© 2023 Cohen, Hunt, Garza-Villarreal and Lu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Abstract
Research on music, as a non-pharmacological adjunct or alternative to traditional pain management, can take many perspectives (e.g., music therapy, psychology, neuroscience, medical specialties, nursing, rehabilitation). The studies and review articles are scattered across a myriad of journals. The present Frontiers Research Topic and e-book aimed to provide the first singular collection of peer-reviewed articles on music and pain, moreover, one that is open access, in the highly visible Frontiers catalog. The call for papers was launched in Frontiers in Pain Research and subsequently in Frontiers in Psychology: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience and Frontiers in Neuroscience: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience seeking contributions that would bridge disciplines, from clinical applications to laboratory-generated data to evidence-based theories. An enthusiastic response led to 10 accepted papers.
