How can music serve as a social surrogate when we can't directly interact with others? This episode explores how listening to music can serve as a social proxy and provides ideas for how to strengthen your social relationships in the age of social distancing.

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How can the fields of music therapy and music cognition strengthen each other? This episode features a conversation with music therapist Daniel Goldschmidt (@danielnnz) on a wide range of topics about bridging these two disciplines including:

• What it's like to going to music therapy vs. music cognition conferences
• How Daniel applies music cognition research to his professional practice
• Where music therapy/cognition can easily intersect
• Why music therapists need to seek expertise beyond their bubble

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Cool people mentioned in this podcast:
Jessica Grahn, PhD
David Huron, PhD
Blythe LaGasse, PhD, MT-BC
Hakeem Leonard, PhD, MT-BC
Marisol Norris, PhD Candidate, MT-BC
Jessica Riley, MM, MT-BC
Natasha Thomas, PhD, MT-BC
Laural Trainor, PhD, MT-BC
Lindsay Warrenburg, PhD

This episode features an interview with Jessica Riley, a soon-to-be music therapist who started her career in music neuroscience. We talk about how Jessica first got involved in music science research and how she’s applied her research skills to help children with cochlear implants better hear prosody. In this episode you’ll learn more about what music may sound like for cochlear implant users, a drumming-to-speech paradigm Jessica designed to help with prosody recognition, and the importance of prosody in our everyday communication.

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Mentioned Resources:

Video: Willy Wonka with Drums

Jessica Riley’s Thesis Research Poster: HERE

Follow Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/urbanfiddle