Tweet Many neurologists and many musicologists and music therapists believe that music can definitely keep your brain young. We know for sure that listening to favorite music engages the brain and the emotions in a way that causes the brain to secrete the “feel-good” neurotransmitters of dopamine and endorphins. When you feel good, you are […]
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Can music keep your brain young?
June 26th, 2010 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Music and the Mind: Oliver Sacks
June 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet Oh boy have I got a great website for YOU. This will take you to the website of the famous neurologist Oliver Sacks and his research on “Music and the Mind.”
Neuroscientist studies Music and the Brain
June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain, Uncategorized
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Published: May 31, 2010 Three years ago, when Oxford University Press published “Music, Language, and the Brain,” Oliver Sacks described it as “a major synthesis that will be indispensable to neuroscientists.” The author of that volume, Aniruddh D. Patel, a 44-year-old senior fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, was in New York City in May. We spoke over coffee for more than an hour and later by telephone. An edited and condensed version of the conversations follows.
Here’s your brain on music!
April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
The brain is an amazing organ and has been called the last frontier of science. So much is still not understood and yet each day we understand more. For the last 20 years, scientists have been particularly interested in how music affects the brain. Read on…
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An excerpt from NOVA: The Musical Mind
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet Dr. Oliver Sacks, world-famous neurologist, has been study music and the brain for many years. This is a sampler of a recent special on NOVA that he did!
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