My Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Sena Moore, K. & Peebles, L. (2020). A preliminary overview of music therapy reimbursement practice in the United States. Music Therapy Perspectives. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miaa025

Liang, Z., Sena Moore, K., Ferreira, T., Munro, C., Kip, K., Clochesy, J., & Yip, H. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a self-managed exercise to rhythmic music intervention for ICU survivors. Applied Nursing Research, 54, 151315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151315

Sena Moore, K. (2019, October 26). Tales from the music therapy room: Creative connections (Molyneux, Ed.) [Review of the book Tales from the music therapy room: Creative connections, edited by Claire Molyneux]. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy. [Advanced online publication].

Sena Moore, K. & Hanson-Abromeit, D. (2018). Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention for preschooler emotion regulation development: A mixed methods study. Journal of Music Therapy, 55(4), 408-438. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thy014

Sena Moore, K., & LaGasse, A. B. (2018). Parallels and divergence between neuroscience and humanism: Considerations for the neuroscience-informed music therapist. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36(2), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miy011 

Yip, H., & Sena Moore, K. (2017). Review of the book Music therapy for multisensory and body awareness in children and adults with severe to profound multiple disabilities: The MuSense manual, by R. S. Adler & O. V. Samsonova-Jellison. Journal of Music Therapy, 54(4), 479-483. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thx015

Sena Moore, K.  (2016). Understanding the influence of music on emotions: A historical review. Music Therapy Perspectives, 35(2), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miw026

Sena Moore, K. & Hanson-Abromeit, D. (2015). Theory-guided Therapeutic Function of Music to facilitate emotion regulation development in preschool-aged children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00572

Sena Moore, K. (2015). Music therapy advocacy for professional recognition: A historical perspective and future directions. Music Therapy Perspectives, 33(1), 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miu043

Hanson-Abromeit, D. & Sena Moore, K. (2014). The systematic review as a research process in music therapy. Journal of Music Therapy, 51(1), 4-38. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thu002

Sena Moore, K. (2013). A systematic review on the neural effects of music on emotion regulation: Implications for music therapy practice. Journal of Music Therapy, 50(3), 198-242. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/50.3.198

Sena Moore, K., Peterson, D. A., O’Shea, G., McIntosh, G. C., & Thaut, M. H. (2008). The effectiveness of music as a mnemonic device on recognition memory for people with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Music Therapy, 45(3), 307-329. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/45.3.307

Thaut, M. H., Peterson, D. A., Sena, K.M., & McIntosh, G. C. (2008). Musical structure facilitates verbal learning in multiple sclerosis. Music Perception, 25(4), 325-330. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2008.25.4.325

Gfeller, K. E., Olszewski, C., Rychener, M., Sena, K., Knutson, J., Witt, S., & Macpherson B. (2005). Recognition of ‘real-world’ musical excerpts by cochlear implant recipients and normal hearing adults. Ear and Hearing, 26(3), 237-250. https://doi.org/ 10.1097/00003446-200506000-00001

Other Publications

Sena Moore, K. (2016). What music therapists need to know about starting a private practice [podcast]. Imagine, 7, 149.

Sena Moore, K. (2015). Emotion regulation development, rote-based learning, and generalization: An exploration [podcast]. Imagine, 6(1), 123.

Sena Moore, K. (2014). Understanding emotion regulation development. Imagine, 5(1), 76-79.

Sena Moore, K. (2013, Spring). Does music training make you smarter? The important role of music education in brain development and what that means for your program. Tennessee Musician, 65(3), 8-10.

Sena Moore, K. (2009). The therapy business blueprint: A 7-step approach to starting your own private practice [e-book].

Media Appearances and References

Featured in Articles

• Featured in the University of Miami Undergraduate Admissions Faculty Spotlight series: https://news.miami.edu/admissions/stories/2020/10/faculty-spotlight-moore.html
• Research included in Spanish Women’s Health magazine online article titled “Entrena con buen ritmo”
• Blog post published on the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works Blog titled “Music for our Military: Exploring the Role of Music Therapy in the Rehabilitation of our Veterans” (published June 15, 2017)
• Healing sounds of music therapy — Amy Rushlow, CURE, March 2014 (online only)
• Love your weekday mornings — Redbook magazine, September 2012 (print only)
• Case study: The beat goes on — Wendy Paris, Psychology Today, September 2010 (print and online)

Interviews

• “Music & Emotion” for the Musical Meditations podcast
• “A few moments with Dr. Kimberly Sena Moore” on the Creative Peacemeal blog
• “Your Brain on Music” in the University of Miami student magazine Distraction (published May 8, 2017)
• “How parents of the ‘80s can connect with their kids” by Kristine Meldrum Denholm, The Washington Post, “On Parenting” section, March 29, 2016 (online only)
• Interviewed for 90.7 WMFE story titled “What is Music Therapy and Should Florida Regulate It?” (aired March 19, 2015)
• The Psychology of Inside Out — Guest on The Matt Townsend Show (July 21, 2015)