• Episodes

    How can music help us deal with death?


    Research:

    Bodner, E., & Gilboa, A. (2009). On the power of music to affect intergroup relations. Musicae Scientiae, 23(1), 85–115.

    Cardany, A. B. (2018). Mitigating death anxiety: Identifying music’s role in terror management. Psychology of Music, 46(1), 3-17.

    Freeman, L., Caserta, M., Lund, D., Rossa, S., Dowdy, A., Partenheimer, A. (2006). Music thanatology: Prescriptive harp music as palliative care for the dying patient. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 23(2), 100-104.

    Kneer, J., & Rieger, D. (2015). The memory remains: How heavy metal fans buffer against the fear of death. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. Advance online publication. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000072

    Krout, R. E. (2001). The effects of single-session music therapy interventions on the observed and self-reported levels of pain control, physical comfort, and relaxation of hospice patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 18(6), 383-390.

    Music:

    Dead by Dawn (Showbread)

    A Rainy Afternoon, (Pittsburgh Threshold Choir)

    A Fairy’s Love Song (Harp Solo), (Medieval Renaissance Music Ensemble)

    Instru(mental)’s Intro Music (Daniel Goldschmidt)

     

    Other Resources:

    Ask a Mortician YouTube Channel (Caitlin Doughty)

    Five Wishes Advance Care Planning

    Music Thanatology International Association

    Threshold Choir

    Heartbeat Recording Legacy Project (Brian Schrecks)

  • Episodes

    How do babies perceive music?


    Research Articles:

    Cevasco, A. M. (2008). The effects of mothers’ singing on full-term and preterm infants and maternal emotional responses. Journal of Music Therapy45(3), 273-306.

    Phillips-Silver, J., & Trainor, L. J. (2005). Feeling the beat: Movement influences infant rhythm perception.  Science, 308(5727), 1430.

    Standley, J. (2012). Music therapy research in the NICU: an updated meta-analysis. Neonatal Network31(5), 311-316.

    Standley, J. M., Cassidy, J., Grant, R., Cevasco, A., Szuch, C., Nguyen, J., … & Adams, K. (2010). The effect of music reinforcement for non-nutritive sucking on nipple feeding of premature infants. Pediatric nursing36(3), 138.

    Trehub, S. E. (2010). In the beginning: A brief history of infant music perception. Musicae Scientiae14(2_suppl), 71-87.

    Trehub, S. E. (2001). Musical predispositions in infancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences930(1), 1-16.

    Trehub, S. E., Unyk, A. M., Kamenetsky, S. B., Hill, D. S., Trainor, L. J., Henderson, J. L., & Saraza, M. (1997). Mothers’ and fathers’ singing to infants. Developmental psychology33(3), 500.

    Tsang, C. D., & Conrad, N. J. (2010). Does the message matter? The effect of song type on infants’ pitch preferences for lullabies and playsongs. Infant Behavior and Development, 33(1), 96-100.

    Music Clips:

    Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio (J. S. Bach)

    Gamelan Suling (Gamelon Gong Kebjar)

    Metric Rhythm Supplemental Clips (Phillips-Silver & Trainor)

    Cradle Song (The Sanshin Cafe Orchestra)

     

  • Episodes

    Can musical entrainment help us trust others?


    Research Articles in order of mention:

    Kokal, I., Engel, A., Kirschner, S., & Keysers, C. (2011). Synchronized drumming enhances activity in the caudate and facilitates prosocial commitment– if the rhythm comes easily. PloS One, 6(11), e27272.

    Kirschner, S., & Tomasello, M. (2010). Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31(5), 354-364.

    Stupacher, J., Wood, G., & Witte, M. (2017). Synchrony and sympathy: Social entrainment with music compared to a metronome. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 27(3), 158.

     

    Music Clips in order of appearance:

    Drumming Clips (Kokal, Engel, Kirschner, & Keysers, 2011)

    Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Debussy)

  • Episodes

    How can music listening induce emotions?


    Research Articles:

    Juslin, P. N., & Västfjäll, D. (2008). Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(105), 559-575.

     

    Music Clips in order of appearance:

    Space Jam (Quad City DJ’s)

    Waltz in A-Flat Major, Lullaby (Brahms)

    You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me (John Mayer)

    Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob.I:94  “The Surprise”: II. Andante (Haydn)

    Turkey in the Straw (American Folk Song)

    Someone Like You (Adele)

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: 1. Morning Mood (Grieg)

    Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 31 (Elgar)

    Do-Re-Mi (Rodgers and Hammerstein)