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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Not everyone can understand, make or even like music.
Chapter 2: Musical training leads to noticeable physical changes in the brain.
Chapter 3: People with perfect pitch can identify the pitch of any note — but this is not always a good thing.
Chapter 4: Musical abilities can be heightened by blindness or a condition called synesthesia.
Chapter 5: Remarkable musical gifts can emerge in people with intellectual disabilities.
Chapter 6: Music can relieve movement disorders and even help people regain motion in their limbs.
Chapter 7: Music therapy can assist people with dementia and speech problems.
Chapter 8: Some people suffer terrible seizures from hearing music.
Chapter 9: Hearing loss may lead to intrusive and distressing musical hallucinations.
Chapter 10: Some people become 'possessed' by musical powers rather late in life.
Description
Musicophilia explores the enriching, healing and disturbing effects of music. It delves into fascinating case studies about disorders that are expressed, provoked and alleviated by music.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who loves listening to music
- Anyone who wants to learn how music affects our brains
- Anyone who wants to know how music can heal people