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‘The world needs to come into music’
... Menuhin and his friend, Ian Stoutzker CBE, UK charity Live Music Now joined forces here with the Royal Society of Medicine to consider core benefits for music interventions. The conference brought together a ... address by Ewan Dawson (Executive Director for...
Memory and music at the BBC Proms
... symphony no.40 in G minor entirely from memory. Free from music stands and with almost all standing, they played with ... enriched our relationship with this extraordinary piece of music, forcing us to internalise nuances that can be easily ... question of how...
Honorary life membership
... and outstanding contributions to the psychology of music and psychology in education through the three strands of her career – as a professional musician, music educator and academic. Professor Hallam has published ... high quality of her personal contribution...
Psychologists honoured
... people with intellectual disabilities and services to music education. They told us about their plans for the ... she added. Susan Hallam, Professor of Education and Music Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London, received an MBE for...
Psychology - and The Psychologist - at Latitude Festival
... hosts a session with Salon London's Helen Bagnall on music, memory and Alzheimer's . C ould understanding exactly how our brain stores and recalls music hold the keys to a much deeper understanding the brain ... Smith & Prof Charles Spence will...
The haunting hum of ‘folie à deux’
... written songs for Bjork. The performance at Spitalfields Music Festival will be its London premiere. The tale, ... background. I have no real formal understanding of music so it’s been a privilege,’ she said. Watch Dr ... à Deux is being performed on June 6 and...
Bringing ideas to life
... Editorial Advisory Committee), for explaining how the music we love is woven into our own narratives; and Dr Vicky ... of Sheffield) for her advocacy of the importance of music in understanding the brain. The prize’s chair, author ...
Actively investigating rest
... the Max Planck institute who was interested in researching music, emotion and exercise. From his extensive work he patented fitness machines that produce music as someone works out: this in turn has been used to ...
From the Research Digest
... adolescents found solace in this most notorious of extreme music subcultures, alarming their parents as well as ... clusters of very high-functioning metalheads drawn to the music by its complexity. But even later researchers were ... gives credence to what...
Psychology – heaven and hell
... Society, for the past 15 years. His idea of heaven is music and Lego ; hell is meetings and bad writing. ...
The Psychologist makes its first festival appearance
... around 40,000 to Henham Park in Suffolk for three days of music, comedy and the arts. Dr Jon Sutton said: ‘As a ...
Psychology at the Cheltenham Science Festival
... connections between brains. Using witty words, videos and music, the audience will experience their thoughts being ...
From the Research Digest
... pain of loud noises or teeth brushing. When he hears loud music, one little boy said: ‘It feels like my heart is ...