...search
Interesting insights
... combines psychology with Soviet history and the meaning of music was always going to catch my eye. My Russian ... Stalin’s regime, and many have conjectured that his music carried coded political messages. In this short book, ... now and again to explain the...
The personal at the heart of the music business
... problems is huge. Empirical evidence backs this up: the music industry really does make people sick . Joe Penhall’s new play, 'Mood Music', currently showing at the Old Vic in London, explores ... complex psychological issues that lie at the heart of...
'They should embrace that oddness'
... fourth album. I’m currently in LA just about to shoot a music video for a song called ‘Turn’ and we are about to ... so personal, or do you find it therapeutic? All forms of music and art and writing are a form of therapy and it seems ... to find it! There have...
Honoured psychologists
Experts in emergency preparedness, psychosis, music and psychology, as well as a former British ... Sloboda, Research Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, for services to psychology and music, collaborating with professional...
Is isolation or networking the pathway to genius?
... In contrast, the geniuses who manage to create images, music, stories, ideas, proofs, theories, or inventions ... the preposterous idea of providing an inventory of popular music available for purchase for whosoever had the cash – even if that music...
Dredging the riverbed of our national psyche
... ’. It’s a charge that could be levelled at the music world, too. Like psychologists and psychotherapists, ... grin. Gazelle Twin has always made deeply psychological music. She’s influenced as much by the Freudian dystopian ... horror films of David Cronenberg...
'Like a shadow health service'
... socially and restoring them to good health. Whether it’s music, visual arts, or dance, the arts and humanities are ... experiencing psychosis and mental distress; and using music and dance to break down social exclusion. Professor ... (Head of Performance...
Dark peak
... of an enigma, not only because of their genre-defying music, but also because they wear masks. These are grotesque, ... from Preston, but we have no names, no context for their music. Despite having achieved the front cover of the ... privacy and anonymity...
Synchrony and the art of signalling
... in many aspects of social life, such as sports, dance or music, and why it has been an essential and enduring part of ... Launay and colleagues argue that through dance and music, rituals and sports, bonding can take place between ... societies that we know...
‘They’ve agreed to build something bigger than themselves’
... is on a mission to introduce new audiences to classical music, showing them that its relevance isn’t restricted to ... ‘Without that sense of coming together we can’t do music, so one of the things that’s really clear to me as a musician, is that music...
Outreach as 'inreach'
... taster session introduced students to her research on music and autobiographical memory, demonstrating the power ... songs have to take us back in time. She explained why music is thought to be such a powerful tool for connecting ... Their book titles drew on...
A colourful life, an inspiration, and living legend
... the founders of cognitive neuroscience. Her father was a music critic for the Manchester Guardian who also gave piano ... result that she later recalled her home was filled with music, books on art, and many of the classics. She also began ...
Harmonics of the mind
... sat on the chapel floor, surrounded by hair-raising music that took us through the build-up as the participant ... in vivid detail and talked about how the ambient music and the psilocybin interacted and guided him on a ...
‘The arts use a lot of psychology in designing the artistic experience’
... even today. Coming from such a family, the world of dance, music, theatre and visual arts was just as real for me as the ... Quotient, we use the performing arts (theatre, puppetry, music, dance, etc.) as a source of content and method to ... of research on the...
How real people communicate
... cooking by guiding you through a recipe, putting on some music, doing some shopping or just telling the time. If you ... and they are trying to get Alexa to play some suitable music. Nikos Alexa (2.6) Isabel play some New Year’s music...
Q is for… Quality of Life
... feeling isolated and lonely. Whether it’s listening to music or participating in a club, it is important that the ...
Psychology at Hay
... and current affairs, alongside a rich schedule of music, comedy and entertainment for all ages. Psychologists ...
The Imagination Cafe on tour
... developed by Nourish by Jane Clarke. There will also be music, storytelling and drama activities for people with ...
The Brexit carnival
... to an unofficial, festive world of extravagant costumes, music, laughter, feasting, drinking and revelry. While the ...
Living a dual life
... pursuits before – drawing, pottery, photography, music – but I never felt at home with any of them. Writing ...
Health Humanities Medal to celebrate projects improving health and wellbeing
... research to the health of the nation. Whether it’s music, visual arts, comedy, theatre, storytelling, reading ...
Building rich theory piece by piece
... the retrieval of all the other parts of the memory – the music that played in the background or the person we were ...
An awakening
... and gave examples such as ‘being in love… listening to music or suddenly “being hit” by a book or painting, or ... in a creative performance (such as dancing or playing music), love and sex. Only a small number of sexual awakening ...
Overrated: Self-management
... the same effect.’ Moss calls non-verbal behaviour the ‘music behind the words’ and argues that it is the music that conveys the real meaning of what is being ... to ‘read’ the patient and potentially silences the music behind the words. The...
Dracula on the couch
... often conclude his treatments by playing some soothing music. The French King Louis XVI appointed a very ...