Daniel J. Levitin

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

Music is a part of a lot of addiction recovery centers now, whether it's AA or Narcotics Anonymous or various treatment programs. Yes, music is a part of this. And it's a part of it for different reasons. It's not just the release of endogenous opioids, but the dopamine that motivates you to want to get better and follow healthful practices.

Music is a part of a lot of addiction recovery centers now, whether it's AA or Narcotics Anonymous or various treatment programs. Yes, music is a part of this. And it's a part of it for different reasons. It's not just the release of endogenous opioids, but the dopamine that motivates you to want to get better and follow healthful practices.

Music is a part of a lot of addiction recovery centers now, whether it's AA or Narcotics Anonymous or various treatment programs. Yes, music is a part of this. And it's a part of it for different reasons. It's not just the release of endogenous opioids, but the dopamine that motivates you to want to get better and follow healthful practices.

So you're asking the question that any serious scientist would ask. How do you fractionate out the effects of the music versus the dance and the community? If you could assign a percentage, how much is attributed to the music per se versus these other paramusical aspects? And it's hard to say. It's very hard to come up with a controlled experiment.

So you're asking the question that any serious scientist would ask. How do you fractionate out the effects of the music versus the dance and the community? If you could assign a percentage, how much is attributed to the music per se versus these other paramusical aspects? And it's hard to say. It's very hard to come up with a controlled experiment.

So you're asking the question that any serious scientist would ask. How do you fractionate out the effects of the music versus the dance and the community? If you could assign a percentage, how much is attributed to the music per se versus these other paramusical aspects? And it's hard to say. It's very hard to come up with a controlled experiment.

So in the shamanistic tradition, either contemporarily or 20 or 40,000 years ago, it was almost always the case that there was a large group of people. There was a leader, the faith healer, who was a very revered person in the community who had special knowledge and special skills. There were often herbal supplements of one kind or another.

So in the shamanistic tradition, either contemporarily or 20 or 40,000 years ago, it was almost always the case that there was a large group of people. There was a leader, the faith healer, who was a very revered person in the community who had special knowledge and special skills. There were often herbal supplements of one kind or another.

So in the shamanistic tradition, either contemporarily or 20 or 40,000 years ago, it was almost always the case that there was a large group of people. There was a leader, the faith healer, who was a very revered person in the community who had special knowledge and special skills. There were often herbal supplements of one kind or another.

And the dancing and the community, and it would go on for hours. There were typically trance states induced. So we try to do these experiments where we'll give people music or not music, and we'll give it to them with dance or not dance. But what's the control for dance? That involves body movement that isn't dancing.

And the dancing and the community, and it would go on for hours. There were typically trance states induced. So we try to do these experiments where we'll give people music or not music, and we'll give it to them with dance or not dance. But what's the control for dance? That involves body movement that isn't dancing.

And the dancing and the community, and it would go on for hours. There were typically trance states induced. So we try to do these experiments where we'll give people music or not music, and we'll give it to them with dance or not dance. But what's the control for dance? That involves body movement that isn't dancing.

And what's the control for a large group of people that are really pulling for you to bring a bunch of your enemies together and have them sing songs that they, you know, ding dong, the witch is dead, get out of here. It's very complicated to partition these out. But the fact is that the way we use music now in clinics and VA hospitals and even for self-remedy,

And what's the control for a large group of people that are really pulling for you to bring a bunch of your enemies together and have them sing songs that they, you know, ding dong, the witch is dead, get out of here. It's very complicated to partition these out. But the fact is that the way we use music now in clinics and VA hospitals and even for self-remedy,

And what's the control for a large group of people that are really pulling for you to bring a bunch of your enemies together and have them sing songs that they, you know, ding dong, the witch is dead, get out of here. It's very complicated to partition these out. But the fact is that the way we use music now in clinics and VA hospitals and even for self-remedy,

is that just listening or playing seems to have a substantial and statistically significant effect.

is that just listening or playing seems to have a substantial and statistically significant effect.

is that just listening or playing seems to have a substantial and statistically significant effect.