GRAND FORKS – Neuroscientist and best-selling author Dr. Daniel Levitin will present a talk, “Music As Medicine,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at UND’s Hughes Fine Arts Center.

Free and open to all, the lecture is meant to celebrate the resumption of the music therapy program after a 10-year pause, according to the event announcement.

Levitin, a world-renowned neuroscientist and musician, is author of several New York Times best-sellers, including “This Is Your Brain on Music,” “The World in Six Songs,” “The Organized Brain” and “Successful Aging.”

Music therapy has been found to be effective for people of all ages, research has shown. Its positive effects include helping a baby and its parents bond in the neonatal intensive care unit and helping an Alzheimer’s patient be present and co

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