We Are What We Listen To: The Impact of Music on Individual and Social Health.
Combining her training as a physician, musician, and musicologist, Patricia wrote We are what we listen to, the impact of music on individual and social health, a book to discover the relationship between music and health and the impact of music on mental and physical health.
The book explores the cognitive mechanisms of perception of music, the relationship between rhythm, movement, and health, the brain mechanisms that link music, pleasure, and emotion, and the many ways in which music improves our quality of life, leads to wellness, happiness and provides us a sense of purpose and meaning in life.
“Throughout the book, Dr. Caicedo draws upon her medical and musical knowledge and personal musical experiences to present a vast amount of information in a clear, easy-to-follow writing style that inspires the reader. The personal antidotes from her vocal performance experiences considerably add to her comfortable writing style. This personal addition allows potentially complex information to come across in a spirited, less academic manner and serves to invite the reader to add one’s own musical associations and imagination into the reading experience.”
— Dr. Paul Nolan - Music Therapy Perspectives, 2022
Linking music & science
In this groundbreaking union of art and science, soprano, musicologist, and physician Patricia Caicedo explores the connection between music—its performance, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it, how it affects us—and health.
Dr. Walter A. Clark, Professor, UCR
