Music Listening as Therapy

<p>Music is a universal phenomenon and is a real, physical thing. It is processed in neural circuits that overlap with language circuits, and it exerts cognitive, emotional, and physiological effects on humans. Many of those effects are therapeutic, such as reduced symptoms of physical and mental ailments. Music is the result of the elements rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics, and form. Rhythm is the focus of pop music, and melody is the focus of classical music. The mind perceives and organizes music in learned, consistent ways in order to generate predictions and extract meaning. There are perceptual laws and information processing limitations to this process. Predictions are based in schematic and veridical approaches, which give rise to expectations. Frustrated expectations result in an effective response. Music only has meaning unto itself and the music listener ascribes any extra-musical meaning. This includes any emotional meaning. The unfolding of a song is much like how Gestalt Therapy theory conceptualizes human experience. Mindfulness offers a clear definition of how one can frame and approach experience to support health and well-being. MinMuList (said “min-mew-list”) is an evidenced-based workshop that offers a concise discussion and straightforward methods for implementation of these aspects of music and psychology.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Rosenblatt, David M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Haerich, Paul E.
• Arechiga, Adam L.

• Cognition and Perception
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Music Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Music - Physiological Aspects; Cognition
• Music Cognition; Biomusicology; Ambiensomatic Perception; Cognition Perspective

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/294

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1301