The Science


Listeners’ Baseline Autonomic States Associated with Distinct Music-Physiology Response Patterns

by Mateusz Soliński, Vanessa C. Pope, Pier D. Lambiase, Elaine Chew. European Heart Journal – Imaging Methods and Practice


High blood pressure inhibits cardiovascular responsiveness to expressive classical music

by Vanessa C. Pope, Mateusz Soliński, Pier D. Lambiase, Elaine Chew. Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 10908 (2025). Published 29 March 2025.


Music: An Underutilised Tool in Neurocardiology?

Heart Rhythm Congress Lifelong Learning (3-6 October 2021). HeartFM segment starts at 12:54. Pianist-engineer Professor Elaine Chew and Cardiologist Professor Pier Lambiase discuss music, heart, brain interactions


Cardiac Response to Live Music Performance

European Heart Rhythm Association Essentials 4 You (8 June 2020). Pianist-engineer Professor Elaine Chew and Cardiologist Professor Pier Lambiase present research on pacemaker patients listening to music


How Music Can Literally Heal the Heart

Scientific American Op-Ed (18 September 2021) following Harvard Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar on music and the heart led by Professor Elaine Chew and Professor Pier Lambiase