Tag: brain health
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Ep. 237: Can Music Help a Brain with Psychosis Reconnect with Reality? New Research on Psychosis, Prediction, and Recovery; with Philip Corlett, PhD and Adam Christoferson
Mental health struggles have become part of everyday life for many of us, and we’re increasingly searching for approaches to healing that go beyond medication alone. In this episode, we explore groundbreaking research from Yale University showing how music-making may help reduce paranoia, hallucinations, and social isolation in people experiencing psychosis. Even if you’ve never…
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Ep. 229: Age-Proof Your Brain – How Music Can Help Prevent Alzheimer’s and Keep You Sharp for Life; with Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD
What if Alzheimer’s isn’t inevitable – and your brain is far more changeable than you’ve been led to believe? World-renowned neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi shares groundbreaking research from his new book showing that cognitive decline can often be delayed, prevented, and even reversed – and how music uniquely strengthens the brain’s memory, attention, and emotional…
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Ep. 27: Are musicians better able to pick up subtle emotional cues? with Dr. Nina Kraus
Brain research shows that musicians’ training increases their sensitivity to the emotion in all sounds – a highly useful skill in personal, business, and academic relationships. Dr. Kraus finds that “sound processing is biologically intertwined with listening and language skills,” and says, “Probably the healthiest thing we can do for our brains is to make…