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Music as Medicine: How to Harness its Therapeutic Power, with Daniel Levitin (Part Two)

2025/1/27
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Daniel Levitin: 我认为音乐疗法的有效性取决于音乐与个人情感的共鸣程度。大多数人能够辨别哪些音乐能放松身心或提升活力。音乐疗法可以帮助人们找到合适的音乐以达到治疗目标,例如缓解疼痛、改善多发性硬化症患者的行走能力等。流媒体服务日益完善的推荐功能可以帮助人们发现更多符合疗效需求的音乐。未来人工智能技术将能够分析用户的音乐偏好,在多维度的音乐空间中推荐更合适的音乐,以达到个性化治疗。此外,音乐表演可以帮助帕金森患者缓解疲劳,多巴胺和催产素等神经递质在音乐疗效中发挥作用。重复练习可以帮助修复脑损伤后丧失的语言能力,对于痴呆症患者,播放他们年轻时的音乐可以帮助他们唤醒长期记忆,恢复部分自我认知。音乐疗法通常与其他疗法结合使用,帮助治疗抑郁症,悲伤的音乐能让他们感到被理解和认同。歌曲创作是创作者梳理自身情感的一种方式,歌词与音乐的结合能够更有效地表达情感,歌曲创作需要创作者深入挖掘自身情感,才能创作出打动人心的作品,歌曲创作可以作为一种疗法,帮助士兵缓解创伤后应激障碍。 Ridola Shah: 音乐疗效因人而异,取决于音乐与个人情感的共鸣程度。人工智能技术可以根据个人音乐偏好,推荐更有效的音乐。人们是否存在固有的节奏偏好尚不明确,但人体确实存在自然步速和语速。音乐能否有效治疗重度抑郁症? Anna Mitchell: 学习乐曲的过程是将乐曲分解成小的部分进行练习,并逐渐掌握其音乐结构。

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This chapter explores the therapeutic potential of music, encompassing its impact on pain management, relaxation, and the role of music therapists in guiding patients towards suitable music choices. The discussion touches upon the limitations of current music recommendation systems and the potential of AI to personalize music selection for therapeutic purposes.
  • Music therapy is a certified form of psychotherapy.
  • Personalization through AI could significantly improve music selection for therapeutic goals.
  • Streaming services are improving their music recommendations, but they are not yet optimal.

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We are only just beginning to appreciate the healing power of music. In recent years, a wave of scientific research has upended everything we once knew about its effects on our brains: not only in reducing stress, but also in enhancing cognitive function, slowing the spread of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s and even strengthening our immune systems.

On January 21, Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist and musician, returned to Intelligence Squared to discuss this bold new paradigm for medical treatment, rooted in the unexpected influence of music on our minds and bodies. Drawing from his new book *Music as Medicine *he explained how ‘rhythmic auditory stimulation’ can fight multiple sclerosis, examined why Tracy Chapman’s songs might just help cure PTSD and offered surprising insights into the new science of music as medicine.


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