FEELING MUSIC - 04 Music for Pain with Dr. Claire Howlin

Can a specially crafted piece of music be used to treat acute pain?

Dr. Claire Howlin is a psychology researcher at Queen Mary University of London specialising in research, looking at the psychology of music, the arts and creativity and how this helps our health and wellbeing. We caught up with Dr. Howlin on the latest episode of Feeling Music to discuss her recent research into using music as a treatment for people experiencing acute pain. Dr. Howlin and her team, collaborated with multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, Anatole, to create a series of music compositions following the question posed by pain treatment powerhouse Nurofen.