Psyche Loui

“All music contains modulation to some degree, but it isn’t controlled to impact brainwaves systematically,” Psyche Loui, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory (MIND Lab) at Northeastern University, told ADDitude.

Psyche Loui, an associate professor of music and head of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics (MIND) Laboratory at Northeastern University, collaborated with Brain.fm to explore how music impacts the brain—specifically how it affects our focus.

During the podcast episode, Dr Mosely spoke to neuroscientist Dr Psyche Loui, from Northeastern University in Boston.

When parents sing, they create a shared context for their tiny listener and themselves. “Music is a form of joint attention,” Psyche Loui, a Northeastern University professor studying music cognition, told me.

A new study, led by Psyche Loui from Northeastern University’s Music Imaging and Neural Dynamics Lab, set out answer two specific questions in regards to this incredible music-triggered phenomenon.

But according to Psyche Loui, director of the Music, Imaging and Neural Dynamics Lab at Northeastern University, there’s nothing special about Mozart. Instead, it seems that early exposure to music, particularly in the form of musical activity and training, may have benefits that extend beyond children’s intelligence.

Psyche Loui Assistant Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice at Northeastern University and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory