Tweet Ever wondered how the brain works? I sure have! For the average, non-medical professional person, this is a very good description: Hope you enjoy this! I can tell you that listening to your favorite calm, soothing music definitely makes the brain work better! 🙂
Entries Tagged as 'how the brain works'
Music Releases Endorphins in Brain
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet Everyone knows that music makes them feel better, but apparently, music immediately after surgery is even more powerful than previously known. today I came across this article: By Denise DadorLOS ANGELES (KABC) — A local hospital takes the healing properties of music right to the patients. She’s in the hospital, but Carol Starks feels […]
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Your Brain on Bach
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain, Uncategorized
Tweet Thanks to my friend Glenda Neely, a Vanderbilt alum for sending me this excellent article: Musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and use both the left and right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily […]
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How does music enter the brain?
March 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet How does music enter the brain? You may have heard that music enters the brain through the 8th cranial nerve. I believe that, though, that music also enters the whole body, as well as the brain through every pore of the body. Dr. Alfred Tomatis, with whom I studied in 1991, stated that rather than […]
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Improving Test Scores with Music
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet Are you looking for ways to improve test scores? One 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 releases neurons in the brain which help the body to relax. […]
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