Tango & Science

OUT OF THE FOG

Psychological and Physiological Benefits of Argentine Tango

Podcast Report

• Tango Therapy
  Source:    PRI's The World
  Date:    07-29-2008

The Neuroscience of Tango

• Reproducible neuroscience with real tango Consonant results resonate in the brain
  Source: MedicalXPress
  Date: September 2015

• The "Brain Scan Tango" and the Neuroscience of Dance
  Source: Psychology Today
  Date:    March 2010

• Watch Tango Partners' Brainwaves Synchronize While They Dance
  Source:    The Daily Dot
  Date:    03-27-2014
• Is Dance The "Next Wave" in Cognitive Neuroscience
  Source:    Psychology Today
  Date:    11-23-2011
• The Neuroscience of Dance
  Source:    Scientific American Magazine
  Date:    July 2008

• So You Think You Can Dance
  Source:    Scientific American Magazine
  Date:    06-16-2008

PTSD

Psychology & Depression

• Tango goes hand in hand with happiness
  Source: Sydney Morning Herald
  Date: February 2013

• The RCT of tango dancing versus mindfulness meditation for depression
  Source: James C. Coyne, PhD
  Date: May 2017

• Dancers Using the Tango To Fight Off Depression
  Source:    ABC News
  Date:    6-28-2008
• Tango Trial AimsTo Dance Depression Away
  Source:    Expert Guide, Australia
  Date:    4-17-2008

• Tango May Treat Depression
  Source:    The Sydney Morning Herald
  Date:    4-17-2008

Parkinson's Disease

• Tango therapy in Parkinson's Disease
  Australia - La Trobe Univeristy
  Date:  April 2016

• Tango for Parkinson's Disease
  Source: Emory Health
  Date:   February 2019

• Exercise and Parkinson Disease - Comparing Tango, Treadmill & Stretching
  Source: Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
  Date: January 2019

• Tango treatment: dance to improve your Parkinson’s
  Source: Parkinson's Life
  Date: February 2018

• The Health Benefits of Dance Therapy
  Source:    VeryWell
  Date:    9-29-2016

• Tango Therapy May Aid Parkinson's
  Source:    Press Democrat
  Date:    7-8-2008

• Tango Classes Put Parkinson's Patients A Step Ahead
  Source:    US News and World Report
  Date:    2-14-2008

• Exercise: Parkinson's Patients Benefit From Tango
  Source:    New York Times
  Date:    2-12-2008

• Tango Improves Balance, Mobility In Patients With Parkinson's Disease
  Source:    School of Medicine, Washington University St. Louis
  Date:    1-30-2008

• Tango Improves Balance, Mobility in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
  Source:    Michael J. Fox Foundation
  Date:    1-29-2008

• Parkinson's and the Tango Effect
  Source:    Washington University Physicians - St. Louis Riverfront Times
  Date:    01-25/31-2007

• Effects of Tango on Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease
  Source:    Madeleine Hackney
  Date:    December 2007

Ageing

• Where Did Those Brain Cells Go?
  Source:    Artsed News
  Date:    3-23-2006
• Tango Forever to Age Well
  Source:    Healthology
  Date:    12-08-2005
• Doing the Tango Improves the Aging Brain
  Source:    Physorg.com
  Date:    11-24-2005
• Doing the Tango Keeps the Brain in Step, Too
  Source:    USA Today
  Date:    11-15-2005

• Studies With Dancing, Computer Training, Show Ways to Maintain a Healthy Brain in Old Age
  Source: Society for Neuroscience
  Date:    11-15-2005