ABSTRACT

Singing and Wellbeing provides evidence that the benefits of a melodious voice go far beyond pleasure, and confirms the importance of singing in optimum health. A largely untapped resource in the health care professions, the singing voice offers rewards that are closer than ever to being fully quantified by advances in neuroscience and psychology. For music, pre-med, bioethics, and medical humanities students, this book introduces the types of ongoing research that connect behaviour and brain function with the musical voice.

part I|54 pages

Singing in History, Cognition, and Parenting

chapter 1|15 pages

The First Musical Instrument

chapter 2|24 pages

Neural Mapping and Brain Chemistry

How Singing Is Good for You

chapter 3|14 pages

“Womb to Tomb”

Singing, Science, and the Mother's Voice

part II|118 pages

Singing for the Group, the Self, and the Soul

chapter 4|31 pages

Singing our Songs

Damon of Athens, the Blues, and Group Psychology

chapter 5|43 pages

The Loss of Brain Function

How Singing Helps

chapter 6|42 pages

Singing and Religion 1