Brain ‘closes eyes’ to hear music Our brains can turn down our ability to see to help them listen even harder to music and complex sounds, say experts. A US study of 20 non-musicians and 20 musical conductors found both groups diverted brain activity away from visual areas during listening tasks. Scans showed activity fell […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and the Brain'
Brain can “close eyes” to allow you to listen more carefully to music
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and the Brain
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Understanding the Brain and the Music Cortex
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Brain and Music Cortex, Music and the Brain
The brain is still the most important unexplored frontier. It’s a work in progress, however. Once we really understand how the brain processes music, music will be the most prescribed medicine! Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Do you know about “The Music Cortex” Music and the brain! What could be more fascinating? The more we know […]
Music and Your Vocabulary
September 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and the Brain
In 1982, researchers from the University of North Texas performed a three-way test on postgraduate students to see if music could help in memorizing vocabulary words. The students were divided into three groups. Each group was given three tests – a pretest, a posttest, and a test a week after the first two tests. All […]
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Can Mozart Make you Smarter?
July 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and the Brain
An expert addresses this very controversial question: “Can Mozart Make You Smarter?”
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Music, the Brain, and School Performance
June 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and the Brain
Music, the Brain, and Academic Performance June 21, 2009Music affects many areas of brain function by Marjorie H. Weil Recently the Albion School District announced that, beginning this fall, all fifth- through 12th-graders would be required to take band or choir. Why? Because statistics show that students who do so perform better academically, have higher […]
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Music, the Brain and Near-death experiences
June 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Music and the Brain
All Things Considered, May 22, 2009 · We’ve all heard the stories about near-death experiences: the tunnel, the white light, the encounter with long-dead relatives now looking very much alive. Scientists have cast a skeptical eye on these accounts. They say that these feelings and visions are simply the result of a brain shutting down. […]
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Study suggests that musical training can shape brain development!
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and the Brain
Commentary from Lutz Jäncke (Thanks to Dr. Ellen Taliaferro for sharing this study with me) This study supports my own interpretation of the brain’s capability for experience-dependent influences on brain anatomy and function. In concrete, this study demonstrates that 6-year-old children receiving instrumental musical training for 15 months not only learned to play their musical instrument but also […]
Your Brain on Bach
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and the Brain
Want to know more about how Bach affects your brain? Here is an excellent study from Vanderbilt University.
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