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The Power of Sound – Music as Medicine
2021 • E14 Sep 9, 2021 45m
Music shapes us even in the womb, touches us at our very core and can drive us to peak performance. Music can help us live longer, healthier and happier lives. Thu 16 Sep 8:15 pm First broadcast Music shapes us even in the womb, touches us at our very core and can drive us to peak performance. The power of sound can also help us live longer, healthier and happier lives. Music acts on every level of the brain with direct access to our emotions. The secrets of rhythms and melodies are therefore also being explored by neuroscientists such as Peter Vuust and Stefan Kölsch, who study the function and development of our brains. Music may help our bodies activate their inherent healing powers better than many medicines, according to Stefan Kölsch of the University of Bergen in Norway.