The Music Instinct: Science and Song

2009, TV Show

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Premiered: June 24, 2009

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: An exploration of the music-mind interaction that delves into the neuroscience of how melodies and rhythms affect and influence the brain, featuring jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin, classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie and rockers Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley. Included: the link between the brain's auditory and motor regions, which can be used to help people with Parkinson's disease and stroke patients. McFerrin and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin host.

Cast
Audra McDonald Narrator	Bobby McFerrin Host
Daniel Levitin Host	Bobby McFerrin Appearing
Yo-Yo Ma Appearing	Evelyn Glennie Appearing