During the live broadcast of The Music Instinct, Dr. Daniel Levitin, co-host of The Music Instinct will be taking your questions about the show live via Twitter.
Interview with Daniel Levitin: Live Q&A with Daniel Levitin co-host of The Music Instinct
Science: Performance Stage = Science Lab
At the World Science Festival this year, musicians and scientists from The Music Instinct appeared on a panel discussing topics related to music and the human experience.
Music and the Brain: Are Humans Wired for Music?
Oliver Sacks discusses how the human brain is wired for language and how this may apply to the human capacity for music.
Music and Medicine: Flute Therapy
At Beth Israel hospital in New York, doctors are experimenting with using the music of the flute to measure the impact of music therapy on patients with chronic lung disease.
Music and Medicine: Music Therapy for Neurological Conditions
Concetta Tomaino explains how music therapy can have exciting results for patients with neurological conditions because of the enriched sensory stimulus that it allows.
Music and Evolution: David Rothenberg on Bird Songs
David Rothernberg takes discussion of bird songs a step further than biological imperative, and recognizes these tunes distinct to each species as music.
Physics of Sound: The Equations of Sound
Brian Greene explains the basic equations that govern all sound, those of simple harmonic motion.
Physics of Sound: All Music Comes From Vibrations
Scientist Brian Green explains how all music and sound comes from minuscule vibrations and how our brain decodes these vibrations to perceive sound.
Music and the Brain: Parkinsonsism and Music’s Ability to Heal
Oliver Sacks explains his first experience as a physician where he saw music transform Parkinson's patients into state where they could move and converse again.
Music and the Brain: The Importance of Early Musical Training
Oliver Sacks takes a look at how finger movements and Suzuki training can affect the brain, especially at an early age.




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