Music as Medicine - Daniel J. Levitin
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What if music holds the key to healing our minds and bodies? Music as Medicine is the revelatory new book from the million-copy bestselling author of The Organized Mind. 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 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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