The Music Diet

Book excerpt: This book outlines the many ways that music can improve your wellbeing if you embed it in your life and your workplace. This is the one diet you'll want to stick to for life. Dr Julia Jones (aka Dr Rock) has been studying the effects of music on human behaviour for 20 years. While working as a Sport Psychologist with GB Olympic squads, her MSc research examining the effects of music on focused performance, resilience and motivation was published in the Journal of Sport Sciences. Julia's PhD research examining the effects of music exposure during youth forms the basis of her current work with the NHS' first dementia village opening 2020. She contributes to a number of UK Government groups and commissions relating to health, technology and education. She is a member of the British Neuroscience Association and currently studying applied neuroscience principles and the effects of music on stress, attention, mental health and brain function at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College, London.