Wired for music a search for health and joy through the science of sound

"In this captivating blend of science and memoir, a health journalist and former cellist explores music as a source of health, resilience, connection, and joy. Music isn't just background noise or a series of torturous exercises we remember from piano lessons. In the right doses, it can double as a...

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Main Author: Barton, Adriana (Journalist) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books, [2023]
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245 1 0 |a Wired for music :  |b a search for health and joy through the science of sound /  |c Adriana Barton. 
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300 |a 290 pages ;  |c 22 cm 
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500 |a "First paperback edition printed in 2023"--title page verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Prelude -- Introduction -- Strings attached : a young cellist learns the hard way -- The music instinct : what makes us musical? -- Groove, interrupted : how our innate musicality gets rusty -- Mood music : soothing sadness, depression, anxiety, and stress -- A musician's brain : does playing an instrument make us smarter, more creative? -- More than meets the ear : the perks of listening, from pump tunes to sleep songs -- Bad vibrations : if music heals, can it harm? -- All together now : how music brings us closer -- The beat goes on : music for healthy aging -- Fumbling towards ecstasy : spiritual growth through rhythm and song -- Coda. 
520 |a "In this captivating blend of science and memoir, a health journalist and former cellist explores music as a source of health, resilience, connection, and joy. Music isn't just background noise or a series of torturous exercises we remember from piano lessons. In the right doses, it can double as a mild antidepressant, painkiller, sleeping pill, memory aid--and enhance athletic performance while supporting healthy aging. Though music has been used as a healing strategy since ancient times, neuroscientists have only recently discovered how melody and rhythm stimulate core memory, motor, and emotion centers in the brain. But here's the catch: We can tune into music every day and still miss out on some of its potent effects. Adriana Barton learned the hard way. Starting at age five, she studied the cello for nearly two decades, a pursuit that left her with physical injuries and emotional scars. In Wired for Music, she sets out to discover what music is really for, combing through medical studies, discoveries by pioneering neuroscientists, and research from biology and anthropology. Traveling from state-of-the-art science labs to a remote village in Zimbabwe, her investigation gets to the heart of music's profound effects on the human body and brain. Blending science and story, Wired for Music shows how our species' age-old connection to melody and rhythm is wired inside us."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
530 |a Issued also in electronic format. 
650 0 |a Music  |x Psychological aspects. 
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