8 Jun 2016

Tuning your brain

From Upbeat, 1:40 pm on 8 June 2016
Professor Warren Tate

Professor Warren Tate Photo: Supplied

Have you ever considered what your brain does when you interact with music? Can music help us recover from illness? Professor Warren Tate from the University of Otago is a geneticist with an interest in Alzheimer's disease. He discusses how music helps restore memories, motor skills, emotions and reward centres in the brain.