Tag: attachment

• Ep. 137: What makes a lullaby a lullaby, and what difference does it make? with Laurel Trainor, PhD

  

  Our very first social interactions are musical, and the singing of lullabies to babies is universal across cultures. We discuss the common elements of lullabies, benefits of live-sung lullabies to both baby and caregiver, and just how long those benefits extend. Bonus: We answer the age-old mystery of why the most enduring lullabies have such…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music, ScienceHealth

  attachment, babies, baby, behaviour, crosscultural, development, infanttoddler, lullabies, Lullaby, music, neuroscience, psychology, research, science, socialemotional, soothing

• Ep. 35: Oxytocin and dopamine in times of social-distancing; and how does music give us the chills? With Indre Viskontas

  

  Chemicals like oxytocin and dopamine are important in human connection, well-being, pleasure, contentment, and meaning – aspects of healthy humanity that are strained by social distancing. Studies show intriguing links between music and oxytocin and dopamine. How can music stimulate these chemicals so crucial to well-being – especially in those most impacted by quarantines? Oh,…

  EducationCommunity, Podcast: Enhance Life with Music, ScienceHealth

  Adagio for Strings, attachment, bonding, brain’s pleasure center, music and science, piloerection, saddest music, salience, Samuel Barber, satiate, Valerie Salimpoor