11 Dec 2023

Music during surgery, are there benefits?

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 11 December 2023

For anyone who has undergone surgery chances are that when your lights went out, the music came up.

Music in surgical operating rooms is fairly commonplace, with many believing it calms and focuses the mind.

But does it?

The question intrigued one musician and medical student so much, he decided to turn it into a PhD project

Dr Anantha Narayanan speaks to Jesse.

Dr Anantha Narayanan is combining his two passions for his phD research - music and surgery.

Dr Anantha Narayanan is combining his two passions for his phD research - music and surgery. Photo: Supplied