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From openings to the power of music
... we use it to calm down, get excited and cry to… it’s music. In her captivating talk, Professor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) explored why music has such overwhelming power for most people. She explained that music has...
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...
A week well worth watching
... Cheltenham Ladies' College, 1pm to 2pm, tickets £7 Music On Prescription Social entrepreneur Tim Joss will be joined by medicinal music expert Vera Brandes, singer-songwriter Hannah Peel and ... deeper into our understanding of the healing properties of...
A new generation of thinkers
... of Shakespeare and Milton in the Middle East, how music might be used for its health benefits and the ethics of ... Daisy Fancourt (pictured above), from the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London, examines the effects of ... on neuroendocrine and...
A curveball angle
... and interact. Let us take this third suggestion first. Music in three time ‘projects itself’ onto curves of ... and vision (as in the kite flying of Ray Bethell) while music in four or two time hearkens unto marching and jumping. ... is increasingly normative...
A new age for psychology?
... spurious false positives – for example how listening to music can statistically be shown to reduce one’s age! The authors of that music paper, Leif Nelson (University of California, ...
The rules of unruliness
... if you know, but one of the organising themes of the non-music content at this festival is ‘Revolution’. I think ... if you haven’t got anything better to do?! There’s music on, there’s comedy on, there’s cabaret on, and ... India , we’ve looked at football...
Longer at Latitude
... Stokoe , we have organised two spots at the weekend of music and the arts, which takes place in Suffolk from 13 to ... content across the programme too, in addition to so much music, comedy, theatre and more.’ That additional ...
Likes and dislikes online and offline
... of objectification are abundant within advertising, music, and fashion, where photographs of female torsos with ...
Science in the van
... the science laboratory, in the informal environment of a music festival. In this particular experiment, we wanted to ...
Hopeful dementia messages at the Imagination Café
... designed for those with dementia, including visual art, music, storytelling, drama and yoga – underpinned by the ...
Psychology for students, and graduates
... Kuhn on why magic works - Dr Catherine Loveday on why music can move us to tears and lure us into love The ...
Zander Wedderburn 1935-2017
... Presbyterian Church, and were both keen on folk music. Zander played the guitar and sang with a deep voice at ...
A broad experience
... back home, they go for walks, sip some wine, and listen to music. ‘We like to enjoy the experience and just be in the ...
Is that me or my twin?
... that a developing human foetus responds more strongly to music that is played electromechanically inside the mother's vagina than to music that is played electromechanically on the mother's ...
‘It’s not a crisis or problem we can sweep under the rug’
... anything they like. They use a group approach, art and music activities, and help empower people to find solutions ... are in transition. Through the group method, using art, music and other activities, we hope to have a therapeutic ...
A legacy making a difference
... funding to research the effects of different types of hold music on aggression towards call centre employees. Soon after ...
The truth we rarely hear: From mirror to prism
... We pushed a few high-top tables together, and with loud music blaring in the background, they began to reminisce. I ...
Burgers, bitcoin and the brain
... followed by a recording of the world’s most relaxing music, then hopefully the best nap of your life. On the ...
Featured Job: Research and Product Development Director with 10x Psychometrics
... to sit back, play tennis and golf and listen to the soul music he loves. But he’s enthusiastic about the future of ...
The future of thinking differently
... remember a word. It helps with maths, too.’ Listening to music also helps her. In class, she finds it easier to focus on what the teacher is saying when she has classical music playing in an earbud in one ear. Her mother lobbied for ...
Stephen Morley 1950-2017
... family and proud of his children. He was passionate about music and birds – he apparently had a tough time choosing ...
A ‘double whammy’ of concern
... government we get and what they will prioritise. The mood music so far, as I read it, is they will prioritise health, ...
Under the umbrella of psychology
... alien species, dying moth populations in Derby, folk music, and a blind cat called George (whom she promptly ...
A manifesto for psychological health and wellbeing
... through, new scholars who are looking at the evidence for music, creative writing, visual arts, theatre, dance, you ...