You Are the Music: How Music
Reveals What it Means to be Human
How does music affect our minds?
Do babies remember music from the womb?
Musical psychologist Victoria Williamson examines our relationship with music across the entire length of our lives.
Does music physically reshape our brains?
Does smart listening improve cognitive performance?
What causes earworms?
Can classical music increase your child’s IQ?
Is music good for productivity?
Can it aid recovery from illness and injury?
All these questions are explored by Victoria Williamson in You Are the Music: How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human.
“Our brains’ party trick of plasticity means that we are born lifelong learners. We don’t need a bolt of lightning or a blow to the head to be able to learn how to play music, sing or compose; we can do it by unlocking ourselves.”
“There are critical periods for learning about music but our flexible brains are still very much capable of learning in adulthood and music education at any a…
How does music affect our minds?
Do babies remember music from the womb?
Musical psychologist Victoria Williamson examines our relationship with music across the entire length of our lives.
Does music physically reshape our brains?
Does smart listening improve cognitive performance?
What causes earworms?
Can classical music increase your child’s IQ?
Is music good for productivity?
Can it aid recovery from illness and injury?
All these questions are explored by Victoria Williamson in You Are the Music: How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human.
“Our brains’ party trick of plasticity means that we are born lifelong learners. We don’t need a bolt of lightning or a blow to the head to be able to learn how to play music, sing or compose; we can do it by unlocking ourselves.”
“There are critical periods for learning about music but our flexible brains are still very much capable of learning in adulthood and music education at any a…