Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Music is an integral part of life. Whether your foot taps on your commute to work, you play an instrument in a band or dance the night away to your favourite songs, music is everywhere. However, we often don’t realise how beneficial music can be for our happiness and wellbeing. In this video, musician Easy Chalmers, from Science Together’s MuzoAkademy II initiative, spoke to researchers from the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and the Department of Experimental Psychology to uncover how music can affect the brain and influence language development.
Produced by: Dr Fiona Suttle
Written, directed and edited by: Rob Key
Filmed by: Rob Key and Jack Tew
Subtítulos en español: Isabel María Cardoso Fernández, Iñaki Aranguren Lapuente, Inés Benito Hernández, Paula Hernández Mesonero, Amaia Dongxue Larrea Rivada y Ángel Juan Mariscal Toribio. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
Music is an integral part of life. Whether your foot taps on your commute to work, you play an instrument in a band or dance the night away to your favourite songs, music is everywhere. However, we often don’t realise how beneficial music can be for our happiness and wellbeing. In this video, musician Easy Chalmers, from Science Together’s MuzoAkademy II initiative, spoke to researchers from the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and the Department of Experimental Psychology to uncover how music can affect the brain and influence language development.
Produced by: Dr Fiona Suttle
Written, directed and edited by: Rob Key
Filmed by: Rob Key and Jack Tew
Subtítulos en español: Isabel María Cardoso Fernández, Iñaki Aranguren Lapuente, Inés Benito Hernández, Paula Hernández Mesonero, Amaia Dongxue Larrea Rivada y Ángel Juan Mariscal Toribio. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
