How the Arts transform our Brains, Bodies, and Minds
One of my favorite sayings comes from David Thoreau: “My life has been the poem I would have writ / But I could not both live and utter it.” It speaks to the way that life and art are intertwined, and how we gain so much from living life with a sense of beauty and aesthetics in mind.
There are many ways art infuses my own life—from singing and playing guitar to reading novels and attending plays, which all help to improve my mood and enhance my sense of wonder with the world. Probably, neuroaesthetics many of you feel the same way. Some of you may have felt you’ve even been saved by art.
Now, a new book, Your Brai...
Source: SharpBrains - May 31, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning art neuroaesthetics Your Brain on Art Source Type: blogs
AI: your virtual therapist
None of the following should be taken as a substitute for professional, expert help where it is needed. It is merely an exercise in testing the limits of AI. Please speak to a professional if you need mental or physical health guidance or treatment.
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence bot, a language model, in fact. You feed it a line and it comes right back at you with a retort. Feed it the right line and it will write you a sonnet or a limerick, a few more lines with the right prompt and it will analyse a piece of prose, you can then ask it to generate a new piece of prose on a different topic with the same tone, style...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Artificial Intelligence Psychology Source Type: blogs
A Decarceral Cadence: Neurologic Music Therapy as an Abolitionist Project
Richard Kirby (University of Connecticut), Mallori Thompson (University of Connecticut), A Decarceral Cadence: Neurologic Music Therapy as an Abolitionist Project, SSRN (2021): Because police and prison abolition must be approached while simultaneously improving quality of life, and thus reducing harm,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 3, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Can Music Technologies Help The Mental Health Pandemic?
We tend to think that we know how our brain works. We believe that art and creativity (thus, music, too) belong to the right hemisphere of it and math, logic, linear thinking and facts to the left. Interestingly, as Daniel J. Levitin explains in his book, “This Is Your Brain on Music”, music is processed throughout the brain. Maybe that is why music has been elemental throughout human history: it can connect people with each other.
So when the first lockdown began worldwide, we all started to look for things to do at home, to eliminate the feeling of disconnectedness. One choice, watching movies, was obvious ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 13, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Lifestyle medicine E-Patients Future of Medicine music mental health mental wellbeing music therapy covid19 lockdown quarantine Daniel J. Levitin Kiminobu Sugaya Ayako Yonetani Dr Janos Kollar Will Henshall Focus@W Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: My Letter to BMJ Paediatrics Open about the CBT-Music Therapy Study
This study was published in April by BMJ […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 25, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ music therapy norway Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Update on BMJ ’ s CBT-Music Therapy Study (h/t Steinkopf and Tack)
By David Tuller, DrPH I have written multiple posts this year about a Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue after acute EBV infection (aka mononucleosis and glandular fever). The study, published in April by BMJ Paediatrics Open, was rife with methodological and ethical flaws. It should not have […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 24, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT music therapy Nina Steinkopf norway Tack Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: BMJ Retracts Music Therapy-CBT Study, But …
By David Tuller, DrPH *October is crowdfunding month at Berkeley. I conduct this project as a senior fellow in public health and journalism and the university’s Center for Global Public Health. If you would like to support the project, here’s the place: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/22602 I have written many posts this year about a Norwegian study of cognitive […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - October 27, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT music therapy study norway Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Columbia Experts Urge BMJ to Retract Problem-Plagued Study
By David Tuller, DrPH On Thursday, Professors Vincent Racaniello and Mady Hornig, both from Columbia University, wrote to BMJ’s research integrity coordinator. I have been corresponding with BMJ, and specifically the research integrity coordinator, about the Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy combined with music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue in adolescents after […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 25, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT mononucleosis music therapy norway Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Columbia Experts Urge BMJ to Retract Not-Fully-Reviewed Study
By David Tuller, DrPH On Thursday, Professors Vincent Racaniello and Mady Hornig, both from Columbia University, wrote to BMJ’s research integrity coordinator. I have been corresponding with BMJ, and specifically the research integrity coordinator, about the Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy combined with music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue in adolescents after […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 25, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT mononucleosis music therapy norway Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Another Letter About BMJ ’ s Music Therapy Study
By David Tuller, DrPH I am still waiting for answers from BMJ about the Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy for treatment of chronic fatigue in adolescents after mononucleosis. The study was published in BMJ Paediatrics Open. I have written about it here. This morning I sent the following letter to the […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 21, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS BMJ CBT music therapy norway Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Nudge for BMJ About Music Therapy; Letter to “ Health Anxiety ” Expert
By David Tuller, DrPH I have written two more letters and have posted them below. The first letter is a nudge to BMJ’s research integrity department, which missed a deadline this week for providing me with an update on the status of that music therapy study from Norway. You know, the one that started off […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 3, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized CBT health anxiety jo daniels music therapy Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: BMJ Responds to Appeals About Norway ’ s CBT-Music Therapy Study
By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier this week, I sent a nudge to Professor Imti Choonara, editor-in-chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open, and Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ, about a problematic “feasibility study” published a few months ago. That followed a letter two weeks ago, to which I had not received a response. Previous posts on […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 18, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT Fiona Godlee music therapy norway wyller Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: A Letter to KCL, Another Letter to BMJ
By David Tuller, DrPH Last week, I wrote about a troubling press release issued by King’s College London regarding a major study of cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for so-called dissociative seizures. On Friday, I sent a letter to the two communications people listed on the press release about the study, as well as […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 15, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT Fiona Godlee music therapy norway Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Letter to BMJ Paediatrics Open About that CBT-Music Therapy Study
UPDATE: I sent the following correction to Dr Choonara shortly after sending the letter of concern. Dear Dr Choonara: I wanted to make a slight correction in point #3 below. The first sentence should have read: “Why was the outcome of recovery not mentioned in the trial registration and statistical analysis plan yet still highlighted […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 31, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ music therapy norway Source Type: blogs
Trial by Error: Tack ’ s Take on BMJ ’ s CBT-Music Therapy “ Feasibility Study ”
I have always made it clear that I pay attention when smart patients assess bad research. That’s how I stumbled into this whole mess in the first place–by reading what patients were writing about the PACE trial. (In that case, I at first dismissed the concerns when I read about how participants could get worse […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 28, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized BMJ CBT norway Source Type: blogs
