You Are The Music
9 May 2014 by Evoluted New Media
Why is it that those same few phrases of music get stuck in your head, or hearing a certain song can take you back to your childhood years? Dr Victoria Williams explains all in You Are The Music. Williams – a lecturer and researcher in music psychology – takes the reader on a journey of a lifetime, exploring whether babies can recognise music they heard in utero, and if taking music lessons can make children smarter. She also asks if music can be used to aid recovery from illness and injury and explores what happens in the brain as you listen to a recognisable piece of music. This is an upbeat, eye-opening account of our true relationship with music, and its power to shape us without us even realising it. You Are The Music; How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human by Victoria Williams, Icon Books, March 2014, £14.99
