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Leveraging Our Innate Wiring for Music as an Agent of Healing
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Attunement to music is so widely shared that the inability to enjoy music of any kind is recognized as a neurological condition (amusia). This workshop will explore the features of music and rhythm that stimulate social and biological processes involved in psychological healing. Musical rhythms, brainwave entrainment and neurochemicals will be discussed in relation to music’s evolutionary role as a “social glue,” demonstrated to increase feelings of trust and interpersonal connection. Participants will learn about how music can double as a cognitive “flexibility primer” and as a portal into experiences of transcendence and awe.
Adriana Barton
Adriana Barton is a journalist specializing in health research and the author of Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound (Greystone Books, 2022). A former health reporter at Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, she has written about medical research, neuroscience, visual arts, architecture, music and pop culture for publications including the Boston Globe, Reader’s Digest, Utne, Azure, Western Living and San Francisco Bay Guardian. She studied the cello for 17 years with teachers including international solo artist Antonio Lysy and former Cleveland Orchestra principal cellist Stephen Geber. Research projects have taken her to Syria, Jordan, India, Cuba, Zimbabwe and Brazil. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Adriana Barton receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Adriana Barton has no relevant non-financial relationships.
