News articles tagged with 'music'
Looking for the origins of music in the brain
— 21 Oct 2009 09:59 | HealthMusic serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there... — full story
Scary music is scarier with your eyes shut
— 16 Sep 2009 13:34 | HealthThe power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv... — full story
Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music
— 2 Sep 2009 12:40 | BiologyMusic is one of the surest ways to influence human emotions; most people unconsciously recognise and respond to music that is happy, sad, fearful or mellow. But psychologists who have... — full story
Strictly ballroom analysis
— 27 Aug 2009 12:52 | TechnologyComputer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerised music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon... — full story
Taking up music so you can hear
— 18 Aug 2009 14:13 | HealthAnyone with an MP3 device - just about every man, woman and child on the planet today, it seems - has a notion of the majesty of music, of the primal place it holds in the human imagination... — full story
Human mind: Sound and vision wired through same 'black box'
— 13 Aug 2009 09:42 | HealthSounds and images share a similar neural code in the human brain, according to a new Canadian study. In the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),... — full story
Music is the engine of new U-M lab-on-a-chip device
— 23 Jul 2009 15:54 | TechnologyMusic, rather than electromechanical valves, can drive experimental samples through a lab-on-a-chip in a new system developed at the University of Michigan. This development could significantly... — full story
MTV survey cranks up the volume on loud music's impact on hearing
— 14 Jul 2009 17:04 | HealthChildren and adults at risk of permanent hearing loss due to repeated exposure to loud music would turn down the sound or use ear protection if told to do so by a health care professional,... — full story
Earliest musical tradition documented in SW Germany
— 24 Jun 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyExcavations in the summer of 2008 at the sites of Hohle Fels and Vogelherd produced new evidence for Palaeolithic music in the form of the remains of one nearly complete bone flute... — full story
Music may have a future role in heart and stroke patient rehab
— 23 Jun 2009 12:36 | HealthBlood flow and respiratory rates can synch with music, indicating that music could one day be a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and rehabilitation, according to a study... — full story