Tweet At the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Los Angeles several years ago, Dr. Lawrence Parsons of the University of Texas-San Antonio discussed the results of his research which showed that significantly more of the brain was being used during music making that previously thought. We have been taught for years that most of […]
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Want to use more of your brain? Play music!
December 9th, 2006 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
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What makes music sound "scary"?
October 31st, 2006 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
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 […]
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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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Why are musical memories so powerful?
July 16th, 2006 · 3 Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain
Tweet There is considerable research showing that the music we listen to in our “courting years” is the music that means the most to us in our last few decades of life. Think about it…what did you listen to when you were in high school? Was it the Platters, the Beatles, the Carpenters, Madonna, Cindy Lauper??? […]
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