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The Brain under Regional and General Anesthesia: Music’s Effect

July 30th, 2016 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet How does the brain under anesthesia act?  And can music still have a positive effect on the brain?  I talk to lots and lots of people daily and many want to understand how music can have a positive impact on someone having surgery.  You’ve heard me say many times, that the brain is the […]

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Music, the Brain, and Rapture!

June 20th, 2016 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet Have you ever experienced pure rapture when listening to a piece of music?  Have you listened to a piece of music that sent tingles up and down your spine and made your breathing and heart rate increase?  Have you experienced such emotion that you truly felt you were in an altered state?  Yes, music […]

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Music, Brain, and Pain

May 3rd, 2016 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet One of the scariest things going on in the world today is all of the addiction to prescription pain-killers.  Nobody wants pain, but pain is a reality for most of us at some point in our lives.  Physicians and scientists around the world are looking for non-addictive ways to treat pain, the the powerful […]

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Music puts the brain to sleep

April 9th, 2016 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet Almost every week people bring me their issues with insomnia.  Is it possible that music puts your brain to sleep?  Insomnia is at epidemic levels these days.  I see about 20 therapy patients per week and I’d say that well over half of them suffer from insomnia.  Can music put the brain to sleep? […]

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Children, Epilepsy, and Mozart

March 1st, 2016 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet A fascinating study has come out on children, epilepsy and Mozart.  Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.  It continues to baffle neuroscientists, brain researchers and parents.  The social consequences are severe because the person tends […]

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