Tweet Research published earlier this year showed that listening to music releases the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and sends pleasure signals to the rest of the body. Now findings recently published in NeuroImage offer additional insights into how music affects our neural circuits. In the study Finnish researchers recorded the brain responses of individuals […]
Entries from December 31st, 2011
New Research from Stanford on how Brain processes music
December 31st, 2011 · No Comments · music and the brain
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Music Therapy and Sen. Gabrielle Giffords
December 1st, 2011 · No Comments · how the brain works
Tweet Everyone knows the horrible story of the shooting of Senator Gabrielle Giffords. At the time of the shooting, her doctors were not sure she would even survive, much less recover. Today, she is a shining star of what modern medicine can accomplish…with a little help from the field of music therapy! “The most famous […]
