The Brain and Music

Tweet This is an excerpt from the introduction to the wonderful book “Your Brain on Music” by Daniel Levitin. I highly recommend it!! “Many people who love music profess to know nothing about it. I’ve found that many of my colleagues who study difficult, intricate topics such as neurochemistry or psychopharmacology feel unprepared to deal […]

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Tweet This past week-end I went to a delightful Christmas Program at my mother’s assisted living community in Spartanburg, S.C. It was a double celebration because not only was it a Christmas dinner for all residents and their families but it was also my mother’s 82nd birthday! In preparation for this, my mother organized a […]

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Tweet   You may have heard about the fantastic new book from Dr. Oliver Sacks, “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.” Dr. Sacks has been on national TV shows for the past several weeks and this book promises to be another best-seller for him. I haven’t read it yet but I’m getting ready to […]

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Tweet   Have you heard of Acquired Brain Injury? (ABI) It’s the leading killer and cause of disability in children and young adults. More than two million head injuries occur each year. Statistics show that the highest rate of injury occurs in young men between the ages of 15 and 24. ABI is an impairment […]

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Tweet Today I had the pleasure of spending some time with my dear music medicine mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey! I am vacationing in Sarasota and Dr. Harvey has now moved here from Hawaii! We had some scintillating conversation this a.m. about music and surgery and he gave me some great ideas for music to use […]

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