You probably know that music, the ear, and your mood and intricately connected. Many people have blogged about the importance of music to our workouts. There has been a lot of research about the effect of music on mood and even matching tempo to heart rate. There also appears to be a magic number for […]
Entries from January 31st, 2009
Can Music Improve Test Scores?
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Classical Music, Don Campbell, Music and the Brain
Improving Test Scores with Music When I go out to speak to teachers, parents, and education administrators, I usually tell them that a simple way students can improve test scores is by listening to certain types of music such as Mozart’s Sonata for Two Piano’s in D Major before taking a test. This type of music […]
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The Music of Nature
January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Nature's Music, Vibrational and Sound Healing
Vibrations and Sounds in Nature Today I received this post from my friend Jodi. She has an awesome blog entitled “God is a Verb.” This is just an excerpt, to see the entire post go here. “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval […]
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More research on music with colonoscopies
January 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
Those of you keeping up with the progress of my music for surgery invention may remember that a hospital in the NYC area has agreed to do a study on music with colonoscopies, using my headphones and my music. In reading tonight, I came across another study on this topic that was done at Temple […]
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Plastic surgery and …criminology???
January 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Surgery with Music
Plastic Surgery and criminology? This is a different kind of post, but I thought it was interesting and I would share it with you. Enjoy! Drug Kingpin who’d had Plastic Surgery nailed by computer voice recognition! In a story that brings to mind John Woo’s “Face-off” which starred John Travola and Nic Cage as an […]
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Music for Emergencies
January 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Music Healing
Well, my mother has done it again! She loves to help other people (being a good preacher’s wife!) and even though she is well into her 80’s and legally blind from macular degeneration, these things don’t slow her down too much! The other day at Eden Terrace, her assisted living community, she said that […]
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Music at the Inauguration: Healing the Country
January 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Music Healing
Today’s inauguration of Barack Obama was extraordinary in so many ways. For me, the music was just perfect! The pomp and circumstance of traditional military, ceremonial music and then Aretha Franklin and some real soul music. We were even treated to classical stars YoYo Ma and Ithzak Perlman. WOW!!
Adult “Preemies” in the NICU?
January 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Adult ‘preemies’ get NICU treatment By Lois M. Collins Deseret News Published: Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 1:06 a.m. MST The room is dark and mostly silent, except for the sound of a heartbeat that seems to reverberate everywhere. “Baby” lies on the floor, eyes closed and peaceful. Then the doors fling open and noisy people […]
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