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037: The science of music and sleep – Thomas Dickson – Podcast

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037: The science of music and sleep – Thomas Dickson – Podcast

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Music has been referred to as the ‘purest type of artwork’, nevertheless it’s additionally utilized by many as a method to go to sleep extra simply. However at current, science can inform us little or no concerning the mechanisms behind sleep’s position as a therapeutic sleep help.

In right this moment’s episode we converse to Thomas Dickson, researcher, app creator and co-author of a latest evaluation inspecting the present scientific literature concerning the other ways music would possibly assist us with our sleep, together with; leisure, distraction, entrainment, masking, enjoyment and expectation. 

In a wide-ranging dialog we talk about how music differs to different audio codecs like podcasts and white noise, how binaural beats work, why ACDC is likely to be higher to go to sleep to than Beethoven and much extra.

This Episode’s Visitor

Thomas Dickson

Τhomas Dickson is a PhD pupil on the College of New South Wales, Australia, specialising in the usage of music as a sleep help. Thomas has mixed music psychology analysis, and app improvement expertise to construct a world-first sleep app that composes enjoyable music.

How Does Music Help Sleep? Literature Overview: http://bit.ly/2DA8g40

Can’t Sleep App:
https://cantsleepapp.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-dickson-77012262/

UNSW Empirical Musicology Lab: http://bit.ly/2OFtOSZ

Episode Homepage: http://sleepjunkies.com/science-of-music-sleep/

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