Many famous composers, performers and artists were definitively diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia. Robert Schumann died in an “asylum” in Germany after attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge into the Rhine river. Many composers suffered from severe depression and alcoholism. These illnesses have no correlation with intelligence or talent. Today […]
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Cleveland Clinic researchers find music can have a soothing effect during brain surgery
If you’ve ever come home after a long day and turned on, say, Brahms to relax, or jacked up the volume on Queen’s “We Are the Champions” to get psyched for a workout, you know that music can change your mood. Research on music and the brain has shown that it can reduce stress, alleviate […]
Your brain on Christmas music
If you love Christmas music (like I do!) then Christmas music probably makes your brain light up and makes your face smile, your feet dance and your endorphins flow. Why? Because any music that we have positive associations with, that brings back positive memories or that energizes us, is clearly having a positive effect on […]
Music Releases Endorphins in the Brain
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 she’s […]
Can Music Improve your test scores?
By Dr. Alice Cash on November 27, 2009 in Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, The Mozart Effect…why Mozart?
So many people ask me this and it’s a great questions! After all the info came out on the “Mozart Effect” people were getting really excited about improving their intelligence and their test scores with music! Here is what one of the scientific studies had to say about it: Improve your vocabulary with music! In […]