Music as Medicine

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.