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"Some people may actually see sounds, say researchers who found this odd ability is possible when the parts of the brain devoted to vision are small.
These findings points to a clever strategy the brain might use when vision is unreliable, investigators added."
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".... Pinker was probably right when he wrote: 'I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of...our mental faculties.' Or, to express his idea less graphically: music affects our brains at specific places, thereby stimulating the production of unique substances that have a pleasurable effect on our mood."
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mmmm "auditory cheesecake", may I have another piece ! Delete the scoop?
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Music and the Mind: Turning the Cognition Key, Observer Online (10-21-2004), Northwestern University
"You go to a concert with someone you know. You both hear the same music played by the same performers. But when you talk about it on the way out, you wonder if you were at two different concerts. Of course there’s an objective reality, but what varies from person to person are the mental processes,” says Richard Ashley, the School of Music’s codirector of graduate studies, associate professor of music cognition and theory, and coordinator of the music cognition program. “Music cognition is about trying to understand the mechanisms — both psychological and physiological — that allow musical experiences to take place."
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It may be possible therefore that the music we hear is only in the 'ears of the beholder' ! ? ! ? Delete the scoop?
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Real feel or social construction? Where does the mood of your music come from?
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"For music, it turns out that humans are really wired to associate the emotions they feel with colors ...... . Scientists in UC Berkeley found this out when they subjected 100 participants to 3 experiments making them listen to 18 pieces of classical music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms (that differed in being slow, medium, fast and in major and minor keys) and made them pick the color they “see” from a palette of 37."
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It is a colourful hypothesis, but colour could also be in th eye of the beholder ? Delete the scoop?
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May 21, 5:37 PM
Researchers say the colors we find in music are actually the colors of the emotions the music makes us feel. Delete the scoop?
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Music and its psycological effects on each person individuality can vary; from the music type, person, emotion projected in the song and so on and so forth. Music has an amazing ability to affect some ones psyci and there emotions. It's just the magic of music. Delete the scoop?
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Canadian scientists use MRI scans to analyse the brain when listening to unheard songs (RT @jonesse: Listening to new music: It's good for the brain http://t.co/YpmDFFWKfP #psychology #music)...
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Music affects us all. But only in recent times have scientists sought to explain and quantify the way music impacts us at an emotional level. Researching the links between melody and the mind indicates that listening to and ... Delete the scoop?
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Music surrounds us — but why does this art form take such a dominant role in our lives? What happens in our mind when we hear music and how does it effect our emotions? Even with passive listening to music, specific parts of the brain can ... Delete the scoop?
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"There's more to why we like music than just a catchy beat or an easy karaoke tune." University of Florida Masters in Music Education Source (The Psychology Of Music [Infographic] http://t.co/XSq9gsRx...)... Delete the scoop?
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We're seeing loads of new studys out that indicate how wonderful music is for you - however - and it's a big however - the majority of these studies work with tiny sample sizes - so it's kinda hard to get that excited. This one was funded by the manufacturer of the equipment - the study cost $27k and even with that kind of dough they could only use a sample size of 20 people.
But hey - its a start and I totally believe it!!!
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If you are among the 50 percent of Americans who suffer from insomnia, then you have probably tried everything – from warm milk to melatonin pills or prescription medications to induce sleep – with varying degrees of success and side effects. Via Andrew McCluskey Delete the scoop?
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"According to an idea put forth by naturalist Charles Darwin, before humans had either language or music, they had a "musical protolanguage" useful during courtship, fighting over territory and in expressing emotion (which later researchers considered particularly crucial for parent-infant bonding). " Delete the scoop?
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"Psychological Effects of Music" - Adam Huntsman A short film about the effects that music can have on the brain and its functioning nature. All of the research..."
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Your skin will tingle with anticipation for each lingering note that leaves the stage. Your ears will lust for attention from the string section's bellowing ...
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"Music unquestionably affects our emotions. We tend to listen to music that reflects our mood. When we’re happy we may listen to upbeat music; when we’re sad we may listen to slower, moving songs; when we’re angry we may listen to darker music with heavy guitar, drums, and vocals that reflect our level of anger."
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On demand music-streaming, YouTube videos, curated and automated playlists, iTunes' downloads... the ways that consumers discover and then consume music are shifting daily. Via Christopher Coleman Delete the scoop?
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What colour is Mozart's Requiem? A new study has confirmed a link between emotion, classical music, and colour (RT @classicfm: What colour do you hear in your favourite piece of music?
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These are the short music quotes based on interesting and funny views of people about music. Post these quotes your Facebook status or post on your Tumblr blog today. Via facebook, Sundy Will
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"Music is a way to escape from reality, it soothes the soul enlightens the mind, ...." For more great quotes on music read the Scoop. Delete the scoop?
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According to British psychologist Glenn Wilson, music plays a very central role in the lives of people and is ranked highly among pleasures including (RT @Mistor_ME: Music For The Mind: The Psychology Of Music
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".As a musician I'm fascinated by recent scientific research that documents how music affects the brain. Most of us love to listen to music, but few of us have a clear idea what those sounds actually do to our brains – how music works to lift our spirits or to sooth us into peaceful slumber."
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What was the role of music in the evolutionary history of human beings? And how to study this, given the fact that neither music nor musicality fossilises? Better forget about it? (Can the origins of music be studied at all? Delete the scoop?
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Many psychologists believe that the associations people make with music are entirely relative to the culture that they were raised in, and the types of music that they were most commonly exposed to. This view is supported by ... Delete the scoop?
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For instance, the fact that it can affect one's thought processes means that music can be used to influence many aspects of one's life. This in turn makes it one of the best ways to deal with the problems of day-to-day life ... Delete the scoop?
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Some colourful insights !