Michael A. Casey

It is widely known that music elicits powerful effects on the body and the mind. My research seeks to understand the precise features of sound and music that yield positive, measurable medical benefits, especially for brain diseases such as epilepsy and mental illness. Fusing neuroscience, music theory, and computation, my group is investigating new non-invasive treatments using specifically-designed music. Our research is published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Reports, among other leading journals. Funding was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, UK).