‘A natural communicator – warm, friendly, and geekily enthused about his subject.’ Guardian ‘No one else in the universe could have written this book.’ Neil deGrasse Tyson Can listening to music boost our cognitive function? Do pop songs hold the key to treating Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s? And why might Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ help cure PTSD? We are only just beginning to appreciate the healing power of music. Here, a bestselling neuroscientist and celebrated musician offers a confounding tour through the emerging science of music as medicine – revealing how it can calm our thoughts, repair our memories and heal our deepest psychological wounds.
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Daniel Levitin
‘For many years I have wondered why a bunch of frequencies organised into a piece of music has the ability, even without words, to make the listener cry and become emotional. Although I know this happens to me and many people, I have often wondered how this can be. Dr Levitin, in this latest book, Music as Medicine, has some fascinating insights into this great phenomenon.’ Paul McCartney
Music as Medicine
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE
T H E S U N D AY T I M E S B E S T S E L L E R ‘Fascinating’ Observer
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‘Eye-opening’ Rolling Stone
Music as Medicine
How We Can Harness Its Therapeutic Power
Daniel Levitin
Author of This is Your Brain on Music
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