Music Therapy for the Premature Brain

New research suggests music may have a place in the neonatal unit

Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Elemental
Published in
3 min readJun 12, 2019

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MMusic has a special power over the brain. Humans across ages and cultures pick up similar experiences and emotions while listening to melodies, and even chimpanzees show musical style preferences. It’s still unknown exactly why music has such a profound impact over biology — there’s no…

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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Elemental

Research Leader (Ex-Instagram / Chief Scientist at multiple startups). Author of the User Insight Newsletter: https://userinsight.substack.com/