Music and the Mind

Music and the Mind video

UC Berkeley’s Cal Performances is partnering with Weill Neurohub and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences on performances that illuminate the connections between performance and healing.

We do not “need” music to survive, yet rarely do we meet anyone who claims not to love it. Music has the power to unite, entertain, move, and comfort us. However, our relationship with music is full of mystery. From where does something so abstract and seemingly non-essential for human life draw its power? What can listening—an act both simple and complex—teach us about how our brains work? And what is current scientific research revealing about the therapeutic power of music to treat long-term degenerative diseases?

Music and the Mind partnerships UC Berkeley partners include the Berkeley Brain Initiative, the UC Berkeley faculties of Molecular & Cell Biology and Psychology, and Berkeley Public Health. Off-campus partners include UC San Francisco’s Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Weill Neurohub, a partnership between UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and the University of Washington.

More information at calperformances.org/illuminations.