Tweet With Halloween just around the corner, I’ve been contemplating what makes music scary. Some of my younger readers may not know that for a couple of decades, movies were silent. In other words, the audience just read the dialogue at the bottom of the screen, and a pianist sat to the side of the […]
Entries from October 31st, 2006
What makes music sound "scary"?
October 31st, 2006 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
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How does your brain listen to music?
October 14th, 2006 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet According to the Harvard Gazette: Your inner ear contains a spiral sheet that the sounds of music pluck like a guitar string. This plucking triggers the firing of brain cells that make up the hearing parts of your brain. At the highest station, the auditory cortex, just above your ears, these firing cells generate […]
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Music on the Brain
October 4th, 2006 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet At the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Mark Tramo is doing research on how music affects the brain. His research also suggests that even babies have specific musical likes and dislikes. The dark stripe on the model brain he holds marks an area particularly sensitive to rhythm, melody, and harmony. The good doctor says that […]
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