Description
Music and Sleep: A Scientific Perspective presents a comprehensive discussion on the topic of music and sleep. The book brings these disciplines together, providing a solid background, recent developments, and a deeper understanding of their synthesis. Of special interest are technical advances that have made sleep recordings, music manipulation, and sleep stimulation more accessible in recent years. Notably, sleep disturbances are an increasing problem in society, highlighting the importance of developing low-risk and cost-effective treatments. Healthcare professionals looking to integrate novel information on music and sleep to increase their patients' wellbeing need look no further than this book.Music is widely used as sleep aid, but the exact neural mechanisms of the sleep-enhancing function of music are not fully clear. New research output includes exciting breakthroughs, hypotheses, and discoveries in both of these areas. However, since research fields on the neuroscientific mechanisms of music and those of sleep have not traditionally overlapped, this book fills in the gaps.- Elucidates on the most critical concepts, definitions, theories, neural mechanisms, and implications of music and sleep for overall health- Focuses on the methods of using music to improve sleep for children, healthy participants, the elderly, and patients with sleep disorders- Includes reviews and analyses of recent experimental findings from research, examining the extent to which music and sounds can be processed during sleep and the developmental changes and neural correlates of sleep
Table of Contents
Section I: A general introduction to music and sleep1. Talking about music2. Music and the brain3. Music and health4. What is sleep?5. What is healthy sleep, and why do we need it?6. Music and sleep in history7. Machine learning at the intersection of music and sleep researchSection II: Music for sleep8. Sleep, baby, sleep: Lullabies in infancy and childhood9. The use of music as a sleep strategy in the general population10. Music as a non-pharmacological sleep aid in older adults11. Clinical uses of music for sleep improvement12. Sleep music—Which music do people use for sleep?13. Interactive sonic interventions for sleepSection III: Music during sleep14. Auditory perception during sleep15. The effects of sound stimulation on slow waves16. Perception of harmony in sleep and the role of individual preferences17. Perception of musical rhythm during sleep18. Music in dreams: Methodology, findings, and future directions19. Sleep disturbances induced by noise, sounds, and musicSection IV: Sleep as music20. Sound asleep: The hidden music of sleep patterns21. Improving sleep by listening to your own brainwaves22. Music and sleep research project: Sleep data as techno music
