This study is being done to answer the question: Do people with Parkinson's benefit from a new stepping therapy, and how do people with Parkinson's best learn new steps and rhythms set to music? Researchers will also compare individuals with Parkinson's Disease with people with Mild Cognitive Impairment, and with people with neither of these conditions.
The purpose of this study is to identify principles of human-music interactions to establish underlying guiding theories for application to music-based rehabilitation for older populations with neurodegenerative disease, leading to more refined and targeted music-based rhythmic movement therapies.
18 to 35 Years old
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of 26 to 30
50 to 79 with or without MCI
50 to 79 years old with Parkinson's disease (PD), who do NOT have impaired decision-making capacity
Acute medical illness requiring hospitalization;
Uncontrolled congestive heart failure;
History of stroke in the past three years;
Inability to perform study procedures;