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Friday > Archives > 2002 > June > June 28, 2002:
Hour Two: Music Therapy
Music therapy programs are popping up in hospitals and treatment
centers around the country. But what do we actually know about the
health benefits of music & or how music is processed by our brains?
In this hour of Science Friday, Ira talks with patients, doctors,
and scientists about the research and practice of music therapy.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Connie Tomaino, Ph.D.
Director and Vice President for Music Therapy Services
Institute
for Music and Neurologic Function
Beth Abraham Health Services
Bronx, New York
Maria Logis
Management Consultant, Con Edison
improvisational artist, singer, and song-writer
New York, New York
William Benzon, Ph.D.
Author,
"Beethoven's Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture" (Basic Books, 2001)
Jersey City, New Jersey
Dr. Oliver Sacks
Clinical Professor of Neurology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scientific advisor, Institute
for Music and Neurologic Function at Beth
Abraham Health Services
Author, "The
Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" (Touchstone Books, 1998),
"Awakenings"
(Vintage, 1999), "Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood" (Knopf, 2001),
and "Oaxaca Journal" (National Geographic, 2002)
New York, New York
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
American
Music Therapy Association
Beth
Abraham Health Services - Music Therapy
Worldwide
Internet Music Resources: Music Therapy
Google
Directory - Health > Mental Health > Counseling Services >
Expressive Therapies > Music
This segment produced by: Kristen
Kresge
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