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Jun 2014
10m 31s

Music and your health (SOP11)

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Can music make us healthier or even smarter? Can it change how we experience pain? In this episode, former rock musician and studio producer Daniel Levitin, PhD, talks about how music changes our brain’s chemistry and affects our health. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals Learn more ... Show More
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