Of Sound Mind

OF SOUND MIND

Book Reviews

The Extraordinary Ways Rhythm Shapes Our Lives MIT Press Reader, 2023.

‘Of Sound Mind’ Review: Do You Hear What I Hear? WSJ, December 21, 2021.

Book Review: Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust Journal of Hearing Language and Speech, July-Dec, 2022.

Hearing Health Of Sound Mind Hearing Health Magazine, Fall Issue, 2021.

New Book Explains How What We Hear Shapes Who We Are Northwestern Sound Arts and Industries, January 14, 2022.

Review: OF SOUND MIND HLAA, Fall, 2021.

Canadian Audiologist: Book Review “Of Sound Mind” Canadian Audiologist, 2021.

Suggested Reading: Of Sound Mind The Ensemble News, October 5, 2021.

Skeptophilia book of the week Skeptophilia, October 7, 2021.

ENDORSEMENTS

Watercolor Backgrounds by Katie Shelly, @interkatie on Instagram and Twitter.

Podcasts and Interviews

Nina Kraus: Of Sound Mind The Voice of the Good Athlete, The Good Athlete Podcast, September 17, 2023.

Of Sound Mind: Sound and Betweenness McGilchrist Channel, November 7, 2022.

Sound connects us: the betweenness of sonic experience Music & Peacebuilding Podcast, November, 2023.

The Power of Sound Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Podcast, December 13, 2022.

AMSEcast with guest Nina Kraus AMSE Podcast, September, 2023.

Auditory Learning EndoGenius, December 1, 2021.

Babbage: Mind Matters The Economist, November 16, 2021.

Concussions and the inability to understand speech and other sounds KCBS Radio, November 7, 2021.

Concussions don’t necessarily affect ears — but they can affect the ability to hear All Things Considered NPR, November 3, 2021.

Concussions: How A Mild Brain Injury Can Alter Our Perception Of Sound NPR ShortWave, December 13, 2021.

Dr. Kraus Discusses Sound and the Brain The Circle of Insight, January 24, 2022.

Episode 130 – Better Hearing for Better Learning. Roundtable Discussion: Improving Auditory Assessment in Schools This Week in Hearing Podcast, April, 2023.

Episode 5- Dr. Nina Kraus Music is Medicine-Ask the Expert, July 21, 2022.

Episode 86: Nina Kraus Behind the Bits Podcast, Oct 26, 2021.

Exploring the sound mind and marketing Audio Content Lab, Sounds like Marketing Podcast, April, 2023.

From silence to cacophony, here’s how your brain makes sense of the world NPR, October 4, 2021.

Hit Pause and Listen: The Powerful Science of Sound HER podcast with Dr. Pamela Peeke – RadioMD, April 6, 2022.

How do we make sense of the sounds around us? NPR Short Wave, October 18, 2021.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World New Books Network, November 26, 2021.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World The Global Lunchbox, January 20, 2022.

How our brain constructs a meaningful sonic world Smart Thinking Books, February 26, 2022.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Hearing Loss Association of America- NYC Chapter, October 18, 2022.

How Our Brains Create Meaning From The Sounds Around Us NPR: All Things Considered, September 27, 2021.

How Sound and Music Can Heal (featuring Renèe Fleming) Athletes and the Arts, March 23, 2022.

Nina Kraus Talks about Sound and the Brain Brain Science Podcast, January 28, 2022.

Noise pollution: How the world has forgotten to listen RNZ News, March 6, 2022.

Of Sound Mind, Learning and Feeling Mike Nowak Show, October 10, 2021.

Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World YOU podcast, October 19, 2021.

Sounds of Science: The Clinical Application of Auditory Neuroscience NEI Podcast, April 6, 2022.

Speaking of Psychology-Of Sound Mind American Psychological Association Podcast, December 7, 2022.

The Biology Behind Hearing ListenUp! Podcast, December 9, 2021.

The Science of Sound Futureproof, November 30, 2021.

The Sonic Mind: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Nina Kraus Blue Dot, October 22, 2021.

Understanding effects of noise Longitude.Site Sound Bytes Podcast, February, 2024.

What noise is doing to our brains CBC Radio, October 22, 2021.

What that jazz beat tells us about hearing and the brain Scientific American, Science Quickly Podcast, July 14, 2023.

When Brain Injuries Lead Patients to the Audiologist ASHA Voices, August 18, 2022.

Your Brain on Sound EndoGenius, December 1, 2021.

Sonic Brain Health? What You Can Do to Improve: Nina Kraus, PhD SuperAge, October 6, 2021.

‘Sound Mind’ with Neurobiologist Dr. Nina Kraus The Rose Woman Podcast, October 1, 2021.

A Polyvagal Theory Informed Therapy Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Podcast, April 9, 2022.

DELVING IN: Nina Kraus on the Neuroscience of Auditory Learning Las Cruces Community Radio KTAL 101.5 FM, October 23, 2022.

How are the sounds of my life shaping my brain, and what does music have to do with it? Enhance Life Podcast, September 28, 2021.

How the brain understands sound High Brow Drivel, September 5, 2021.

Listening on Purpose Listening on Purpose with Timothy Myers, May 3, 2022.

Making Sense of Music This is your brain podcast, September 24, 2021.

Nina Kraus, PhD, on the Brain and Sounds The Hearing Journal, July 2, 2021.

School bells or nah? KQED Mindshift, August 2, 2022.

The Neuroscientist with a Roadmap for Tinnitus-Podcast 74 Treble Health, August 8, 2022.

The Sound Mind with Neuroscientist Nina Kraus Inquiring Minds Podcast, September 28, 2021.

The Sound Mind: Dr. Nina Kraus Aiming for the Moon with Taylor Bledsoe, May 25, 2022.

Nina Kraus on Hearing, Noise, and Of Sound Mind EconTalk, November 29, 2021.

Sound connects us: the betweenness of sonic experience Music & Peacebuilding Podcast, November, 2023.

Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Well-being through Neuroarts Johns Hopkins University, February, 2024.

AMSEcast with guest Nina Kraus AMSE Podcast, September, 2023.

Episode 130 – Better Hearing for Better Learning. Roundtable Discussion: Improving Auditory Assessment in Schools This Week in Hearing Podcast, April, 2023.

Exploring the sound mind and marketing Audio Content Lab, Sounds like Marketing Podcast, April, 2023.

Hearing Health Of Sound Mind Hearing Health Magazine, Fall Issue, 2021.

How a little more silence in children’s lives helps them grow NPR, May, 2023.

How Everyday Sounds Shape Our Brains The Slowdown, November 25, 2021.

Interview with Sound Medicine Sound Medicine, April 18, 2022.

Of Sound Mind: An Interview with Dr. Nina Kraus NeuroAudiology Newsletter, January, 2022.

Understanding effects of noise Longitude.Site Sound Bytes Podcast, February, 2024.

Why children and teens with hearing loss should learn music Grand Piano Passion, March, 2024.

INTERVIEW WITH DR. KRAUS The 360 Mag, September 30, 2021.

Of Sound Mind: How our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Commonwealth Club of California, October 7, 2021.

Understanding the Sound Mind The Hearing Review, September 28, 2021.

Print and Online

Guest essay: Leaf blowers – a small part of a larger movement Evanston should lead Evanston Round Table, May 17, 2023.

“Of Sound Mind”: a Discussion of the Hearing Brain Duke Research Blog, October 18, 2022.

A new look at Brain Research Part Two- Additional information about the impact of music on reading fluency/prosody doctorsam7, December 11, 2021.

A sound community of choirs Oregon Artswatch, March 10, 2022.

Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Well-being through Neuroarts Johns Hopkins University, February, 2024.

Even “low-level” noise is unhealthy: A neuroscientist explains how sound and health are connected Salon, October 17, 2021.

Everyday Noises Are Making Our Brains Noisier Nautilus, October 27, 2021.

Hearing Too Much in a Noisy World Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2021.

Hormones, harmonics help explain sex differences in sound processing Northwestern Now, November 24, 2021.

How a little more silence in children’s lives helps them grow NPR, May 24, 2023.

How a little more silence in children’s lives helps them grow NPR, May, 2023.

How music can help kids learn literacy skills MindShift KQED, December 6, 2021.

How rhythm shapes our lives BBC, May 26, 2023.

Is the sky really blue? It depends on what language you speak Science News for Students, March 17, 2022.

Making music engages the brain and improves mood Chicago Caregiving, August 31, 2022.

Music Training Can Be a Literacy Superpower Edutopia, June 23, 2022.

Nina Kraus Receives 2022 Alumnae Award Northwestern Now, November 3, 2022.

Now Hear This: Workplace Noise Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s Downright Dangerous Kiplinger, January 2, 2022.

Op-Ed: Keep it down: Why returning to pre-pandemic noise levels can be harmful for plants and animals LA Times, October 12, 2021.

Questions for Nina Kraus Evanston Round Table, May 8, 2022.

Sound advice to enhance employee health and office productivity Santa Maria Times, December 10, 2021.

The Pursuit of Perfect Sound New York Times TBrand Studio, 2023.

The Simple Power of Singing to Kids PBS Kids, October 17, 2021.

The skills worth learning for better brain health-from chess to the cha cha cha The Telegraph, August 4, 2023.

What is Brown Noise and Can it Help People with ADHD Focus? Self Magazine, August 12, 2022.

Why children and teens with hearing loss should learn music Grand Piano Passion, March, 2024.

Your Brain On Drums Men's Health, December 13, 2021.

Age of Distraction and the Myth of Multitasking Deseret News, November 10, 2022.

Athletes develop quieter brains and reduce peripheral sounds, research shows Globo g1, June 1, 2022.

Celebrating Dr. Nina Kraus Canadian Audiologist, 2021.

Featuring Dr. Nina Kraus, author of Of Sound Mind Sound Health Network, December 18, 2021.

How Playing Music & Being Bilingual Can Help You Hear Better For Decades BabyBoomers, September 27, 2021.

New book by Dr. Nina Kraus: Of Sound Mind Music Institute of Chicago, October 6, 2021.

Students can get to class without bells, but schools need to adapt News Azi, August 18, 2022.

The Science of Music Therapy and Memory The SelfHelp Home, July 10, 2022.

Featured Articles

Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Well-being through Neuroarts
Johns Hopkins University, February, 2024
Understanding effects of noise
Longitude.Site Sound Bytes Podcast, February, 2024
Sound connects us: the betweenness of sonic experience
Music & Peacebuilding Podcast, November, 2023
Nina Kraus: Of Sound Mind
The Voice of the Good Athlete, The Good Athlete Podcast, September 17, 2023
How rhythm shapes our lives
BBC, May 26, 2023
Guest essay: Leaf blowers – a small part of a larger movement Evanston should lead
Evanston Round Table, May 17, 2023
The Power of Sound
Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Podcast, December 13, 2022
Nina Kraus Receives 2022 Alumnae Award
Northwestern Now, November 3, 2022
Of Sound Mind: Sound and Betweenness
McGilchrist Channel, November 7, 2022
Babbage: Mind Matters
The Economist, November 16, 2021
Concussions and the inability to understand speech and other sounds
KCBS Radio, November 7, 2021
Concussions don’t necessarily affect ears — but they can affect the ability to hear
All Things Considered NPR, November 3, 2021
Episode 86: Nina Kraus
Behind the Bits Podcast, Oct 26, 2021
What noise is doing to our brains
CBC Radio, October 22, 2021
How do we make sense of the sounds around us?
NPR Short Wave, October 18, 2021
Even “low-level” noise is unhealthy: A neuroscientist explains how sound and health are connected
Salon, October 17, 2021
Op-Ed: Keep it down: Why returning to pre-pandemic noise levels can be harmful for plants and animals
LA Times, October 12, 2021
How Our Brains Create Meaning From The Sounds Around Us
NPR: All Things Considered, September 27, 2021
Hearing Too Much in a Noisy World
Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2021
Celebrating Dr. Nina Kraus
Canadian Audiologist, 2021
The hearing brain
Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2021
The Quiet Brain of the Athlete
The New York Times, December 18, 2019
Athletes have healthier brains that can actually hear better, study says
CNN, December 9, 2019
New Concussion Testing Uses Hearing to Reveal Brain Trauma
WTTW Health, September 24, 2018
Tuning in to our Amazing Auditory System
Monitor on Psychology, July/August, 2018
‘Yanny’ Or ‘Laurel’? Why People Hear Different Things In That Viral Clip
NPR, May 16, 2018
Why an NFL lineman walked away at age 27 to pursue medical school
ESPN, May 12, 2018
Neuroscientist Professor Nina Kraus: “All kinds of music is good for the brain”
AAAS conference, May 1, 2018
New diagnostic tool revealed at CommFest concussion seminar
North by Northwestern, April 22, 2018
Sound Health: Music Gets You Moving and More
NIH News in Health, January 2018 
When Your Eyes Move, So Do Your Eardrums
The Atlantic, January 2018 
Kraus takes stage with opera great Renée Fleming to discuss ‘why music moves us’
Northwestern Now, June 14, 2017
URI Thewlis Lecture addresses aging, creativity and neuroscience
Providence Business News, April 10, 2017
How Sound Can Be an Ally or an Enemy of a Healthy Brain
Scientific American, February 23, 2017
Innovative test uses sound to detect concussions
WGN News, December 23, 2016
Brain scan hints at first simple test for concussion
Nature, December 22, 2016
A hearing test may be able to identify a concussion
The Washington Post, December 22, 2016
What Types of Sound Experiences Enable Children to Learn Best?
NPR / KQED, Nov 28, 2016
We’re all hearing differently, and here’s the proof
NPR (WNYC), December 1, 2015
Sound advice: High school music training sharpens language skills
NIH Director's Blog, July 28, 2015
The benefits of band class
Science, July 21, 2015
Kids who struggle with reading: Predicting issues – and intervening – early
The Globe and Mail, July 19, 2015
Train your brain for better hearing
New Scientist, July 15, 2015
Todd Rundgren and Music Education
PBS News Hour, April 28, 2015
Everyone Can Gain From Making Music
Scientific American Mind, March-April 2015
Music lights up the brain for longtime musician with Alzheimer’s
Chicago Tribune, March 6 2015 
Music and your brain – the science of change
NPR (KPCC, Los Angeles), January 25, 2015
This Is How Music Can Change Your Brain
TIME, December 16, 2014 
Video Interview with Nina Kraus on Music and the Brain
Scientific American, December 15, 2014 
Music has a lasting effect on musicians: an interview with Dr. Nina Kraus
Opus, League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Newsletter, November 2014
A Musical Fix for American Schools
The Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2014
Music helps impoverished children perform better in school
Voice of America, October 8, 2014
Does your baby have rhythm?
Science, September 23, 2014
Your Brain Has Got Rhythm Even If You Don’t
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, September 12, 2014
Music training aids speech processing
Nature, September 9, 2014
Musical training ‘can improve language and reading’
BBC News, August 8, 2014
Music Lessons Combat Poverty’s Effect on the Brain
Scientific American, May 1, 2014
Your Aging Brain Will Be in Better Shape If You’ve Taken Music Lessons
PBS News Hour, March 8, 2014
Making sure young brains get the benefits of music training
National Geographic, January 3, 2014
Musical Training Has Positive, Long-Term Effects on Brain Function
National Science Foundation, December 3, 2013
How Growing Up in Poverty May Affect a Child’s Developing Brain
Smithsonian Magazine, November 25, 2013
Long-Term Benefits of Music Lessons
New York Times, November 11, 2013
Early Music Lessons Reduce Hearing Loss
Science, November 8, 2013
Drumroll, Please: How Band Camp Pays Off Later in Life
TIME, November 6, 2013
Childhood Music Lessons May Offer Lifelong Benefits
US News & World Report, November 5, 2013
Childhood music lessons ‘leave lasting brain boost’
BBC News, November 5, 2013
Instruments of mass delight
The Economist, October 13, 2013
Using Music to Close the Academic Gap
The Atlantic, October 9, 2013
Got rhythm? How music can make kids stronger readers
Newsweek, September 20, 2013
Moving to the Beat Could Improve Your Reading Skills
VOA, September 17, 2013 
Do Music Lessons Make You Smarter?
Scientific American, March 1, 2013
Researchers find a biological marker for dyslexia in kids
Time Magazine, February 20, 2013
Say What? Better Hearing Takes Practice
Science Magazine, February 13, 2013
Can You Hear Me Now? Training the Brain to Hear Better
TIME, February 12, 2013
Happy New Year: Pick Up a New Skill
The New Yorker, January 1, 2013
Music Classes in Childhood May Lead to Changes in the Brain
Voice of America, October 5, 2012
Music lessons in childhood may lead to changes in the brain that persist years after the lessons stop
NPR Music, September 14, 2012
Learning young to play a musical instrument can have a lifetime of benefits
The International Herald Tribune, September 13, 2012
Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits
New York Times, September 11, 2012
For children, the music lasts
LA Times, August 24, 2012
Even A Few Years Of Music Training Benefits The Brain
Scientific American, August 23, 2012
Childhood music classes ‘help adult hearing’
BBC News, August 22, 2012
Childhood music lessons improve hearing in adults
The Telegraph, August 22, 2012
Bilingual Effects in the Brain
National Institutes of Health, May 7, 2012
Attention: Why Speaking Two Languages Is Better Than One
The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2012
Playing an instrument helps tune the brain
Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2012
How to build a better learner
Scientfic American, August 2011 
Music: The New Fountain of Youth
NBC Chicago, August 17, 2011
They’re playing our song
The Telegraph, August 7, 2011
Playing An Instrument May Help Preserve Hearing
Shots: NPR's Health Blog, May 16, 2011
Musical Training Maintains Hearing Later in Life
Voice of America (VOA), May 13, 2011
Music Lessons as Child May Keep Aging Minds Sharp
NPR (WQXR, New York), May 13, 2011
To Tug Hearts, Music First Must Tickle the Neurons
New York Times, April 18, 2011
Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind
Scientific American, November 1, 2010
Phys Ed: Does Music Make You Exercise Harder?
New York Times, August 25, 2010
Music of the hemispheres. Playing instruments gives brains a boost
Science News, August 14, 2010
Fine tunes may fine tune the brain
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, July 21, 2010
Why music is good for you
Nature News, July 20, 2010
Why Music is Good For You
Scientific American, July 20, 2010
Research Finds Brain Link for Words, Music Ability
New York Times, February 22, 2010

Podcasts and Interviews

Understanding effects of noise Longitude.Site Sound Bytes Podcast, February, 2024.

AMSEcast with guest Nina Kraus AMSE Podcast, September, 2023.

Episode 130 – Better Hearing for Better Learning. Roundtable Discussion: Improving Auditory Assessment in Schools This Week in Hearing Podcast, April, 2023.

Exploring the sound mind and marketing Audio Content Lab, Sounds like Marketing Podcast, April, 2023.

Sound connects us: the betweenness of sonic experience Music & Peacebuilding Podcast, November, 2023.

Nina Kraus: Of Sound Mind The Voice of the Good Athlete, The Good Athlete Podcast, September 17, 2023.

What that jazz beat tells us about hearing and the brain Scientific American, Science Quickly Podcast, July 14, 2023.

The Power of Sound Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Podcast, December 13, 2022.

Speaking of Psychology-Of Sound Mind American Psychological Association Podcast, December 7, 2022.

Of Sound Mind: Sound and Betweenness McGilchrist Channel, November 7, 2022.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Hearing Loss Association of America- NYC Chapter, October 18, 2022.

DELVING IN: Nina Kraus on the Neuroscience of Auditory Learning Las Cruces Community Radio KTAL 101.5 FM, October 23, 2022.

When Brain Injuries Lead Patients to the Audiologist ASHA Voices, August 18, 2022.

The Neuroscientist with a Roadmap for Tinnitus-Podcast 74 Treble Health, August 8, 2022.

School bells or nah? KQED Mindshift, August 2, 2022.

Episode 5- Dr. Nina Kraus Music is Medicine-Ask the Expert, July 21, 2022.

Auditory Learning EndoGenius, December 1, 2021.

The Sound Mind: Dr. Nina Kraus Aiming for the Moon with Taylor Bledsoe, May 25, 2022.

Listening on Purpose Listening on Purpose with Timothy Myers, May 3, 2022.

Enhance Life with Music Mindy Peterson, NCTM, May 3 2022.

Interview with Sound Medicine Sound Medicine, April 18, 2022.

A Polyvagal Theory Informed Therapy Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Podcast, April 9, 2022.

Hit Pause and Listen: The Powerful Science of Sound HER podcast with Dr. Pamela Peeke – RadioMD, April 6, 2022.

Sounds of Science: The Clinical Application of Auditory Neuroscience NEI Podcast, April 6, 2022.

How Sound and Music Can Heal (featuring Renèe Fleming) Athletes and the Arts, March 23, 2022.

Noise pollution: How the world has forgotten to listen RNZ News, March 6, 2022.

How our brain constructs a meaningful sonic world Smart Thinking Books, February 26, 2022.

Nina Kraus Talks about Sound and the Brain Brain Science Podcast, January 28, 2022.

Dr. Kraus Discusses Sound and the Brain The Circle of Insight, January 24, 2022.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World The Global Lunchbox, January 20, 2022.

Concussions: How A Mild Brain Injury Can Alter Our Perception Of Sound NPR ShortWave, December 13, 2021.

The Biology Behind Hearing ListenUp! Podcast, December 9, 2021.

Your Brain on Sound EndoGenius, December 1, 2021.

The Science of Sound Futureproof, November 30, 2021.

Nina Kraus on Hearing, Noise, and Of Sound Mind EconTalk, November 29, 2021.

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World New Books Network, November 26, 2021.

Babbage: Mind Matters The Economist, November 16, 2021.

Concussions and the inability to understand speech and other sounds KCBS Radio, November 7, 2021.

Concussions don’t necessarily affect ears — but they can affect the ability to hear All Things Considered NPR, November 3, 2021.

Episode 86: Nina Kraus Behind the Bits Podcast, Oct 26, 2021.

The Sonic Mind: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Nina Kraus Blue Dot, October 22, 2021.

What noise is doing to our brains CBC Radio, October 22, 2021.

Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World YOU podcast, October 19, 2021.

How do we make sense of the sounds around us? NPR Short Wave, October 18, 2021.

Of Sound Mind, Learning and Feeling Mike Nowak Show, October 10, 2021.

Of Sound Mind: How our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World Commonwealth Club of California, October 7, 2021.

Sonic Brain Health? What You Can Do to Improve: Nina Kraus, PhD SuperAge, October 6, 2021.

From silence to cacophony, here’s how your brain makes sense of the world NPR, October 4, 2021.

‘Sound Mind’ with Neurobiologist Dr. Nina Kraus The Rose Woman Podcast, October 1, 2021.

How are the sounds of my life shaping my brain, and what does music have to do with it? Enhance Life Podcast, September 28, 2021.

The Sound Mind with Neuroscientist Nina Kraus Inquiring Minds Podcast, September 28, 2021.

How Our Brains Create Meaning From The Sounds Around Us NPR: All Things Considered, September 27, 2021.

Making Sense of Music This is your brain podcast, September 24, 2021.

How the brain understands sound High Brow Drivel, September 5, 2021.

Nina Kraus, PhD, on the Brain and Sounds The Hearing Journal, July 2, 2021.

A Life in Music BBC Radio 4, June 3, 2021.

Music, Hearing and the Human Brain The Expert's Forum, hosted by Doug Beck, April 20, 2021.

Surrounded by Sound. The Benefits of Music in Learning and Aging Consults over Coffee, April 13, 2021.

How does music affect the human brain? with Dr. Nina Kraus Con Fuoco, March 31, 2021.

NAMM Foundation Grand Rally for Music Education featuring Dr. Nina Kraus and Renée Fleming NAMM Foundation, January 22, 2021.

A Scientist Walks into a Bar The Hideout, Dec 8, 2020.

The Sound Explorer Dana Foundation, August 18, 2020.

Renee Fleming’s Music and the Mind LIVE The Kennedy Center, July 28, 2020.

Music and the Brain Radio Cade, June 10, 2020.

The Sounds Inside Your Brain Sound Matters Podcast, May 9, 2020.

Neuroscience reveals how rhythm helps us walk, talk — and even love CBC, April 30, 2020.

Are musicians better able to pick up subtle emotional cues? with Dr. Nina Kraus Enhance Life with Music, January 28, 2020.

How Music Therapy Could Help People With Dementia NPR, December 22, 2019.

Playing Sports for Quieter Brains with Nina Kraus, PhD Feinberg Medicine Breakthroughs, December 19, 2019.

Artworks NEA – National Endowment for the Arts NEA, July, 2019.

Really? Really. How Our Brains Figure Out What Words Mean Based On How They’re Said NPR Health News, August 24, 2017 .

Listening Better Cadence: Music on the Mind, June 9, 2017.

What Musicians Hear Cadence: Music on the Mind, April 28, 2017.

Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease Whyy - The Pulse, February 16, 2017.

Northwestern Study Finds Music Education Changes The Teen Brain NPR Morning Edition, December 27, 2016.

From Mozart To Mr. Rogers: Literacy, Music And The Brain NPR Ed, July 22, 2016.

Your brain on sound Only Human, WNYC, December 1, 2015.

Neuroscientists find that music class can boost students’ reading proficiency AAAS, July 21, 2015.

The Test That Can Look Into A Child’s (Reading) Future NPR, July 21, 2015.

I Got Rhythm, I Got Reading Scientific American, September 23, 2014.

This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Music NPR: All Things Considered, September 10, 2014.

How Music Lessons Boost Our Brains, Reading Skills, And More Wisconsin NPR, September 5, 2014.

Young Musicians Reap Long-Term Neuro Benefits Scientific American, February 22, 2014.

Interview with Dr. Nina Kraus Radio New Zealand, November 26, 2013.

After the ‘Mozart Effect’: Music’s Real Impact on the Brain NPR (WQXR, New York), November 6, 2013.

Music Lessons Impact The Brain Into Adulthood NPR (WNYC, New York) Soundcheck, November 14, 2012.

Creating a culture of literacy: The impact of music education on the brain NPR (WBEZ, Chicago) Front & Center, June 12, 2012.

¿Habla usted simio? NPR (WBEZ, Chicago), June 5, 2012 .

How Music May Help Ward Off Hearing Loss NPR Morning Edition, August 22, 2011.

Musical training sharpens aging ears and brains NPR (WBEZ, Chicago), May 12, 2011.

Music and the Brain Austrian Public Radio, May 27, 2011.

Researchers Probe How Music Rewires the Brain AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Certificate of Merit Awarded to Gabriel Spitzer of WBEZ Chicago, November 9, 2010.

Music and the Brain BBC, July 21, 2010.

Say What?! Musicians Hear Better NPR All Things Considered, October 19, 2009 .

Listen to “Researchers Probe How Music Rewires the Brain” NPR (WBEZ, Chicago), September 11, 2009 .

Taking Up Music So You Can Hear NPR(WBEZ, Chicago), August 28, 2009..

Music and Emotions NPR (WNYC radio, New York), June 22, 2009..

Research Finds Musicians’ Brains Wired for Sound NPR(WBEZ, Chicago), Eight Forty-Eight March 4, 2009.

Interview with Nina Kraus NPR (WNYC, New York), Soundcheck, March 28, 2007.

An Ear for Music…and Chinese NPR (WNYC radio, New York), March 28, 2007.

Student Podcasts