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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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Two reflections on the blackest of mirrors
... describes as subjective. She even opens beer and plays music to help stimulate memories, which has parallels of ...
Fear, confusion and dark humour
... in her illness. Throughout there is immersive, haunting music, performed live on stage, and this accentuates the high ...
‘It’s about editing our lives so that they make sense again’
... It means you are more sensitive to the magic of life. Music, art, books, love, friendship. It can help you feel ...
Fatalistic tone ultimately helps nobody
... people of my age now resistant to listening to once-loved music from the rock band Lostprophets, after frontman Ian ...
A gothic mystery
... – a safety poster that says ‘Don’t be a victim’. Music is also used to great effect, never playing behind a ...
The memory alchemists turning rain to gold
... environment, or that involve the same feeling, the same music, or the same significant moment in history. Memories ... the track in the vinyl record, but she can’t hear the music. “The next step would be to be able to see what ... a madeleine cookie dipped in...
From builder to business psychology
... a range of experiential creative activities, such as film, music, art, drama and storytelling. This has allowed us to ...
‘When the Manchester Arena attack happened we developed our plans on the way to work'
... of interests and backgrounds on it – sport, dance, music, military and business, but it also got me thinking ...
People performing in exceptional ways
... expertise is.’ This led to a long conversation about music performers we like, including a conductor who produces ...