Harnessing the healing power of music, with Renee Fleming and Aniruddh Patel, PhD
Today, music therapies are being used to help treat mental and physical health conditions as diverse as chronic pain, Parkinson's disease and stroke. Renowned soprano Ren\xe9e Fleming, editor of a new book on music, the arts and health, joins music cognition researcher Aniruddh Patel, PhD, to talk about the connections between music, mind and body, whether humans evolved to be an inherently musical species, the science behind some of the most effective music therapies and promising directions for future research.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices