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The harmonic healing houses of Turkey
... were used as places of education in the Ottoman Empire. Music and the sound of nature were used as a treatment, ... the most well-known method was the use of sounds and music. They were considered a strategic tool, with particular ... to this notion and stated...
John Booth Davies 1944-2017
... years, was a psychologist with a wide range of interests: music, addiction, human factors and safety. He was born near ... Big Band for many years. His first book T he Psychology of Music (1978) dealt largely with the cognitive psychology of music...
Looking back: Creative genius in classical music
This article is about creativity in music. And not just any variety – it’s about the rarer ... inquiries concerning creative genius in classical music. Last half of the 19th century The first ... some psychologists are also aficionados of classical music...
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 ...
Allan McNeill 1958-2016
... important. One thing that defined Allan was his love of music. In his teenage years and early twenties he had an ... were too good to let them get lost in the jungle of the music business and he became their manager. Later, Allan went ...
William M. Cheyne 1938-2020
... Outside of academia, Bill’s great love was music, nurtured during his early years. He particularly loved ... Wagner, on whom he was something of an authority); choral music; and the traditional music of North-East Scotland. He was a fine singer...
Barry Frost 1926-2020
... him as a mentor. He was passionate about classical music particularly of the Romantic period and his record ... parties were legendary for mixing academic conversation, music, wine and good, often exotic, food cooked at home. ...
The window in the laboratory
... a laboratory drama. The scenario A deep interest in film, music and the arts permeates Stanley Milgram’s writings. ... Milgram has described her husband’s passion for music, the visual arts, opera and film and his later ... and is Research Director at the...
Peter Weinreich 1939-2016
... many interests outside of academia, including gardening, music, and politics. He was an avid supporter of the arts and keenly pursued his love of fine art, literature and music, frequenting theatre wherever or whenever he could. ... of him: his imposing and...
Donald Campbell (1940-2019)
... to drink copious amounts of wine and beer. A lover of music, both classical and jazz, Donnie went regularly with friends to classical music concerts in Birmingham, Oxford and London, and to jazz ...
Geoffrey Stephenson 1939-2021
... the youngest of three boys in a family of enthusiasts for music, cricket and sailing. After the war they moved to North ... children and grandchildren, his enthusiasm for classical music (he was an excellent violinist and enjoyed choral ...
Professor Glyn Humphreys 1954-2016
... trips overseas, the weddings and birthdays, the children, music, food and laughter. Glyn and his wife and collaborator ... and much-liked member of the community. He loved music, swimming, and wining and dining with friends and ...
Zander Wedderburn 1935-2017
... Presbyterian Church, and were both keen on folk music. Zander played the guitar and sang with a deep voice at ...
Looking back: The Avengers of psychology
... place to be, but few know that this was true not only for music, art and fashion, but also for psychology. At the ...
Paul Thorne 1938-2019
... least possible fuss. And that is what we gave him, with music he loved, laughter and tears. But we would like to ...
Pain, fear and joy – beyond hysteria
... sessions in which they would make up poems and set them to music, using simple popular tunes (Carrera, 2009, ... emotions: New connections in the histories of art, music and medicine. Aldershot: Ashgate. Rousseau, J. (1993). ...
Norman Wetherick 1929-2022
... as a love for theatre and opera he retained a love for music hall and comic song, an echo of his east-end origins. ...
Joseph Duffy (1957–2018)
... and among his many interests and pastimes he included music, drama, food and wine. He was a very well-rounded ...
Mary (nee McGill) Tyson 1951-2018
... She had a great interest in art, literature, theatre, music, travel, fine food and wines, and world affairs. She ...
Anthony (Tony) Sanford (1944-2015)
... a fan of jazz, the guitar, and the contemporary classical music produced by ECM Records. Tony also had a passion for ...
Ewart Hood 1949-2020
... expand his skills. He continued to pursue his passion for music and was a founding member of North East Socialist ...
The aftermath of the Hans Asperger exposé
... For example, some people who love Michael Jackson’s music no longer play it because of his likely paedophilia.’ ... to Sibelius and Wagner as being ‘composers whose music we can no longer listen to and separate from their ... in actively supporting anti-...
Morag MacLean 1955-2020
... of work her passions included travel, cooking, gardening, music, Scotland and cats. Some of these were shared through ...
Professor Lynn Myers 1954-2015
... she loved to visit Brighton. A passionate fan of live music, Lynn frequented concerts and festivals. She also sang ...
Dancing plagues and mass hysteria
... tasteless meals, pillow-less beds and evenings bereft of music and conversation. Hence the arrival of reformist Mother ... London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Rouget, G. (1985). Music and trance: A theory of the relations between music and...