We are what we listen to: The impact of music on individual and social health by Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/840392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We are what we listen to: The impact of music on individual and social health Author: Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D. Narrator: Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 4, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking union of art and science, soprano, musicologist, and physician Patricia Caicedo explores the connection between music-its performance, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it-and health.Drawing on the latest research and musical examples, Caicedo reveals:- How the brain works when you listen to and make music.- The relationship between rhythm, movement, and health.- The relationship between pleasure, emotion, and music.- How music has been a crucial element of the human experience since the beginning of the species and how it is fundamental for maintaining communities.- The importance of music in pain and death.- How music increases your creativity and produces happiness and a sense of purpose in life.We are what we listen to: the impact of music on individual health will attract readers of Oliver Sacks and David Byrne, as it is an unprecedented, transdisciplinary investigation that contextualizes the music and its effects on historical, scientific, and social levels. It is an essential book for music lovers and everybody seeking to improve their mental and physical health. 'This thoroughly researched written book results from a lifetime of careful study and wide experience. It contains revelations on virtually every page concerning the therapeutic benefits of music.' Dr. Walter Clark, Professor of Musicology, University of California Riverside. 'I appreciate this book because it is written in a way that activates the reader's senses in a way that not only informs but efficiently urges us to participate creatively, letting the music do its magic to us.' Alfons Karabuda, President International Music Council.