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In a special live edition of Music Matters from Radio 3's pop-up studio at Wellcome Collection, Tom Service discovers how music can be used to manipulate or control patterns of behaviour. He is joined by Professor Paul Robertson, composer Claudia Molitor and music therapist Dr Simon Procter, who discuss new research into how music can be used to control pain during surgery, the controversial use of music in torture, how music can affect our shopping choices, how music can increase our levels of empathy and how it can be used in dictatorships.

From music as a tool to control physical pain, or as a means to intimidate, to the subconscious role music plays in our daily lives, the programme will look at historical and present-day examples and delve into the science behind music's manipulative effect on the brain.

Dr Catherine Meads (pictured) of Brunel University, Elizabeth Ball, surgeon at the Royal London Hospital and Daisy Fancourt, researcher at the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of Music, explain the findings in recent trials into the healing power of music, and particularly how music can be used to aid patients before, during and after surgical procedures.

Psychologist of music, Professor Eric Clarke, talks to Tom Service about his current research trials to explore how music can increase our levels of empathy towards others.