Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory
90 Wellesley Street West M5S 1C5 Toronto, ON, Canada

La musique adoucit les mœurs, dit le proverbe populaire. Platon qualifiait même la musique de médecine de l’âme. Ces intuitions flirtant avec la pensée magique,... ont récemment été consolidées en une véritable connaissance. On sait aujourd’hui que la musique réduit le stress et l’anxiété. Elle atténue la douleur et libère des molécules de plaisir. En ces temps d’isolement, est-ce que la musique devient un besoin essentiel? Nos experts, tous titulaires d’une chaire de recherche du Canada, vous répondent: Robert Zatorre, Professeur à l’Université McGill, parlera de la musique comme euphorisant Sonia Lupien, Professeure à l’Université de Montréal, parlera de la musique comme tranquillisant Mathieu Roy, Professeur à l’Université McGill, parlera de la musique comme analgésique Isabelle Peretz, Professeure à l’Université de Montréal, participera comme organisatrice de l’activité. Sophie-Andrée Blondin, animatrice de l’émission scientifique Les années lumières de Radio-Canada, sera la modératrice.

"We are at a point where we can state clinically that the brain that engages in music, is changed by engaging in music." - Dr. Michael Thaut, Director of the Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory, University of Toronto https://news-medical.net//Music-based-interventions-can-im University of Toronto Faculty of Music

Watch the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra perform Seeking Small Lights from home, written by Composer-in-Residence Colin McMahon, with thematic input... and musical ideas from the students of the UTSO. https://youtu.be/XqW7mCQBfnw When asked what they wanted to perform they asked for a piece about coming together through difficult times, and the joys of playing music together, as one student put it; I’m just trying to find joy in the small lights in my life. Look out for more #EnsembleSpotlight content coming next Monday!

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Did you know? Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) should be considered for improving gait parameters in stroke patients, including gait velocity, cadence, stride length and gait symmetry A recommendation by Heart & Stroke for Lower-Limb Gait Training... https://www.strokebestpractices.ca//mobility-balance-and-t

Congratulations to Lauren Cole and Ji Myung Yoon, two recent MaHRC MA graduates in Music and Health Science & Collaborative Program in Neuroscience #UofT #neuroscience University of Toronto Faculty of Music

What if attending symphonic concerts with a person with dementia-related disorders improved their cognitive performance? Results from a pilot musicbased community program University of Toronto Faculty of Music... Department of Psychology Department of Sociology Colorado State University See more

We are immensely proud to announce that MaHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Tristan Loria is the 2020 recipient of the Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award in Motor Behaviour by the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology Tristan received this national award in relation to the work conducted for his dissertation on auditory and visual perception during upper-limb movements ! Congrats Dr. Loria !! ... Faculty of Music UofT KPEGS - Kinesiology and Physical Education Graduate Society #SCAPPS