# Resources on the Healing Power of Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Everything Else\ **Created:** [December 17, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066 "2023-12-17T01:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/1 "2023-12-17T01:03:53Z")
So I am starting this post in the hopes that it can be a gathering spot for research on the healing power of music. My mother has dementia and I have learned that when I play the correct types of music she becomes less stressed, more relaxed, more engaged and generally more healthy. I just read an article from the most recent AARP issue specifically addressing music, memory and brain health. A great read. > **[The Extraordinary World of Music and the Mind](https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2023/how-music-affects-the-brain.html)** > > It can remind you of the best days of your life. It can comfort you. It can even make those who remember little sing again. ---
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/2 "2023-12-17T01:08:27Z")
My mother is in her 80s. I have found a steady diet of 5 to 15 CDS from the era of my mothers 20s to 40s age wise help. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong together never gets old. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennet etc. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/3 "2023-12-17T01:08:31Z")
> **[Oliver Sacks Observes the Mind Through Music](https://www.npr.org/2007/11/13/16110162/oliver-sacks-observes-the-mind-through-music)** > > Physician and author Oliver Sacks has spent 40 years studying the human brain. In Musicophilia, his latest foray into neurological mysteries, he examines how music works on –- and in –- the mind. ---
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/4 "2023-12-17T01:10:43Z")
Thank you. Oliver is an amazing source of information. What an innovative human. Your post is a great compilation. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/5 "2023-12-17T01:18:43Z")
> **[This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession: Levitin, Daniel...](https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0452288525)** > > This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession \[Levitin, Daniel J.\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/6 "2023-12-17T01:19:46Z")
I read that a few years ago. It’s excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/7 "2023-12-17T01:21:11Z")
And not quite what you are looking for, but I suspect still of interest. In _Absolutely on Music_, internationally acclaimed writer Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. > **[Absolutely on Music | Haruki Murakami](https://www.harukimurakami.com/book/absolutely-on-music/)** > > The official US site of Haruki Murakami. Enter Murakami’s world to explore the books, read interviews, discover music, browse image galleries, and much more. ---
**Author:** ![jazznut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jazznut](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jazznut)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/8 "2023-12-17T01:29:45Z")
Could get my next book. Would be the third I have on my bench just now, written by brain surgeons/scientists or neurologists, they seem to hunt me. ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/9 "2023-12-17T01:33:38Z")
Great topic. My mother’s dementia kicked in in her mid-90s. Even towards the end (she died at 101), when she didn’t know me, didn’t speak, could barely be spoon fed, she was comforted by her favorite music, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, etc. I could see a sense of calm come over her when she recognized the familiar music. BTW–closed back headphones shut out the noise of the nursing home and she seemed to like that even more. She also responded to scents from fresh flowers, basil, soap that my father liked. ---
**Author:** ![amsco15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/amsco15/32/28_2.png) [@amsco15](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/amsco15)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/10 "2023-12-17T01:38:14Z")
My wife spent hours with her dad in his final years after his wife passed. He didn’t remember much, but Louis Armstrong was good medicine: “how could anyone not like this music,” he would say every time. ---
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/11 "2023-12-17T01:38:28Z")
Never thought of the closed back headphones. Fortunately her room is quiet but can see all sorts of situations when the quiet of closed back headphones could be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Palouse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/palouse/32/93521_2.png) [@Palouse](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Palouse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/12 "2023-12-17T01:50:45Z")
My best friend and professional mentor died, at home, several years ago from multiple myeloma. During his last hours his wife played his favorite music over their alexa/sonos system. Despite the awful sound (according to me) the music served to calm and relax us all. And when the mortuary crew wheeled him out to the sounds of “let it be” we all knew Bill was well cared for. ---
**Author:** ![WATChad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/watchad/32/47483_2.png) [@WATChad](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/WATChad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/13 "2023-12-17T01:53:44Z")
I studied Neuroscience Music Therapy at Colorado State University for a bit. There’s plenty of interesting studies and data out there. You could find a certified Music Therapist to potentially help your Mom. It’s like magic in certain cases. That your mom is clearly responsive to music supports such an effort. Music for non-musical purposes! ---
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/14 "2024-01-09T20:24:06Z")
I just discovered this organization. Anyone heard of it. > **[About Us - Music & Memory](https://musicandmemory.org/about/#our-mission)** > > MUSIC & MEMORY® is a non-profit organization that helps individuals with a wide range of cognitive and physical conditions to engage with the world, ease pain, and reclaim their humanity through the use of personalized music. ---
**Author:** ![minnesotafats](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/minnesotafats/32/1696_2.png) [@minnesotafats](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/minnesotafats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/15 "2024-06-08T01:57:46Z")
@Elk…Thank you. I finally had a road trip to listen to the audiobook version. A great resource and an eye, ear, and brain opener all in one. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/resources-on-the-healing-power-of-music/36066/16 "2024-06-08T01:59:51Z")
Wonderful! A lot to absorb and ponder.