I heard there was a secret chord : music as medicine
/ Daniel J. Levitin
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2024
- 405 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-383) and index
A Musical Species ; If I Only Had a Brain : the Neuroanatomy of Music ; Oh, the Shark Bites : Musical Memory ,Look at Me Now : Attention ; Daydream Believer : the Brain's "default Mode," Introspection, and Meditation Interlude ; Music, Movement, and Movement Disorders ; Parkinson's Disease ; Trauma ; Mental Health ; Memory Loss, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Stroke ; Pain ; Neurodevelopmental Disorders ; Learning How to Fly ; Music in Everyday Life ; Fate Knocking on Your Door : Précis to a Theory of Musical Meaning ; Music Medicine, Mystery, and Possibility
Neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing. Music is perhaps one of humanity's oldest medicines as well as its most universal: from China to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and pre-colonial South America, cultures have developed rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, spur healing, and calm the mind. Despite this history, musical therapy has long been considered the remit of ancient practice and alternative medicine, if not outright quackery and pseudoscience. In the last decade, however, an overwhelming body of scientific evidence has emerged that persuasively argues music can offer profoundly effective treatment for a whole host of ailments, from Alzheimer's to PTSD, depression, pain, and cognitive injury. It is, in short, one of the most potent and remarkably promising new therapies available today.
English
9781324036180
Music therapy Music-- Psychological aspects Music Music --Physiological aspects Neurosciences Music Instructional and educational works