RESOURCES

BOOKS/ORGANIZATIONS

If you're interested in learning more about visualization, affirmations, mood alteration through music and words, left/right brain research, expectations and relationships, and other topics mentioned on this website, you may want to read some of the following books or contact the organizations listed below. Also read our free e-book, "Create Loving Relationships." Download it here.

Creating Love John Bradshaw; 1992, Bantam Books

Creative Visualization Shakti Gawain; Rev. 1995, New World Library

Daydreaming Eric Klinger; 1990, Jeremy P. Tarcher

The Healing Brain Robert Ornstein & David Soble; 1987, Simon & Schuster

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat Oliver Sacks; 1985, Summit Books

Mindfulness Ellen J. Langer; 1989, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

Music and the Mind Anthony Storr; 1992, Macmillan

The Music Within You Shelley Katsh & Carol Merle-Fishman; 1985, Simon & Schuster

The New Hypnosis Daniel L. Araoz; 1985, Brunner/Mazel

The Path of Least Resistance Robert Fritz; 1989, Fawcett Columbine

Psycho-Cybernetics 2000 Bobbe Sommer with Mark Falstein; 1993, Prentice Hall

The Right Brain and the Unconscious Rhawn Joseph; 1992, Plenum Press

The Right Brain Experience Marilee Zdenek; 1983, McGraw-Hill

Seeing With the Mind's Eye Mike Samuels & Nancy Samuels; 1975, Random House

ORGANIZATIONS

MuSICA	University of California at Irvine
Email:	Phone:
Web: http://www.musica.uci.edu
The best source   for the latest research on music as related to behavior, the brain and allied fields. MuSICA Research Notes is a newsletter, available online, that provides reports and critical analysis of research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, and music therapy.

 

The Namm Foundation: Music Research	5790 Armada Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008
Email:	Phone: (703) 648-9440, Fax: (619) 438-7327
Web: http://www.nammfoundation.org/music-research
The American Music Conference is a   national organization dedicated to the promotion of music, music making, and music education. Information includes summaries of the latest music research. Celebrating 50 years as the only national organization dedicated to the promotion of music, music making and music education to the general public, AMC press activities have reached over 900 million people through significant national media stories, television programming, advocacy, Public Service Campaigns and other media focused information.

 

H.E.A.R.	50 Oak Street Ste. #101 San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Phone: (415) 431-EARS
Web: http://www.hearnet.com
Kathy Peck, Executive Director
H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the causes, prevention, and treatment of hearing loss among musicians. But there's lots more.There's music news and an events calendar as well as the latest medical information.

 

Music Educators National Conference	1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Weston, VA 22091
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Phone: 1-800-828-0229
Web: http://www.menc.org
The  Music Educators National Conference consists of over 70,000 music educators, and provides helpful ideas for teachers, essential information regarding developments in education, and contacts with organiztions important to educators in music and the other arts.