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Ever wonder how sound and music affects your central nervous system? Turns out it's similar to how it affects dogs. By using resonance, entrainment and pattern identification, both humans and dogs can charge up or calm their central nervous systems.  

On this edition of A Beautiful World, Heather McElhatton interviews classical pianist and "Dog Music" composer Lisa Spector and psychoacoustics researcher Joshua Leeds about a collaborative project. The pair created the book "Through A Dog's Ear" and an accompanying collection of music CDs. 

More information about their work is available 

Healing Music for Dogs? by A Beautiful World

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Music has the ability to reduce animal anxiety and facilitate rehabilitation, says a concert pianist and co-creator of "Through A Dog's Ear."

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Ever wonder how sound and music affects your central nervous system? Turns out its similar to how it affects dogs. Heather McElhatton interviews classical pianist and "Dog Music" composer Lisa Spector and her colleague Joshua Leeds, a world-renowned expert in bio acoustics about their book and accompanying CD series "Through a Dogs Ears." More information at: http://throughadogsear.com/

"A Beautiful World" is a news program produced by American Public Media that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

A Beautiful World: Music proves healing for dogs

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