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THE BOOK
TUNE YOUR BRAIN
Using
Music to Manage Your Mind, Body, and Mood
by Elizabeth Miles
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In 1993, experimenters at the University of
California Irvine established that Mozart makes people smarter with a
study in which listening to his piano sonata improved IQ by an average of
nine points. TUNE YOUR BRAIN®: Using Music to Manage Your Mind, Body,
and Mood (Berkley Books; October 1997), by ethnomusicologist Elizabeth
Miles, goes far beyond the “Mozart effect” by tapping the latest
research in neurology, psychology, and medicine to create a system for
using favorite music to achieve seven different states of mind, body, and
mood. |
Tune
Your Brain is the first science-backed self-help guide to using
all styles of music—Gregorian chant, hip hop, Indian ragas, rock and roll,
Moroccan trance music and more—to manage the brain, body, and emotions.
Wake up. Go to sleep. Brainstorm. Concentrate. Remember. Socialize. Exercise.
Beat stress. Heal. Gear up for a presentation. Wind down for intimacy. Control
overeating and substance use.
This practical guide to the proven
power of music includes:
- Extensive discographies for every taste in music, from ragas to
rock and roll.
- Personalized mood-music quizzes.
- Braintuning strategies keyed to your own mood patterns.
- Tips on using music to heal yourself physically and emotionally.
Filled with
applications for everyday
use, Tune Your Brain unites brain-body
science with the wisdom of the world’s indigenous cultures to access the
musical tools needed to optimize performance in all areas of life. No technical
knowledge or mind-altering substance is required—just a CD player and a pair
of open ears.
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Tune
Your Brain is the book with the tools, techniques, and over 500
recommended recordings that make it fun and easy to: |
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ENERGIZE with the Rolling Stones:
Wake
up, prepare for performance, recharge, exercise, get cheap and legal
thrills.
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RELAX with Nat King Cole: Manage
stress and anxiety, go to sleep, gain patience and people skills, control
panic attacks, meditate, eat more slowly, stay cool in the car.
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FOCUS with Mozart:
Enhance IQ,
facilitate memory and learning, concentrate, beat mental fatigue, prolong
your attention span.
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HEAL with Ravi
Shankar:
Overcome pain,
recover from illness or injury, stimulate the immune system, ease medical
procedures, speed recovery from surgery.
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UPLIFT with James Brown:
Break bad
moods, treat depression, escape from negative thought patterns, fight
overeating, boost confidence.
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CLEANSE with
Metallica:
Vent feelings and frustrations to
manage aggression, release repressed anger, face grief, and handle problem
relationships.
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CREATE with John
Coltrane:
Promote whole-brain thinking, solve
problems, tap the subconscious, brainstorm, forge new neural connections,
incubate ideas, increase your emotional intelligence.
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From
doing higher math to having better sex, Tune Your Brain
helps transform any CD collection into a resource for personal
well-being.
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