What Can Classical Music do for You?
From a study by Jorge G. Camara, Joseph M. Ruszkowski, and Sandra R. Worak : Context: Music and surgery. Objective: To determine the effect of live classical piano music on vital signs of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery. Design: Retrospective case Read More …
From a study by Marc Bangert and Eckart O Altenmüller Results Changes in cortical activation patterns (DC-EEG potentials) induced by short (20 minute) and long term (5 week) piano learning were investigated during auditory and motoric tasks. Two beginner groups Read More …
Research from Hughes, JR and JJ Fino: The goal of this study was to determine distinctive aspects of Mozart music that may explain the “Mozart effect,” specifically, the decrease in seizure activity. As many as 81 musical selections of Mozart, Read More …
From a study by Xiaodan Leng: The trion model was developed using the Mountcastle organizational principle for the column as the basic neuronal network in the cortex and the physical system analogy of Fisher’s ANNNI spin model. An essential feature Read More …
From a study by J S Jenkins : In 23 of 29 patients with focal discharges or bursts of generalized spike and wave complexes who listened to the Mozart piano sonata K448 there was a significant decrease in epileptiform activity Read More …
Today is Bloggers Unite for Refugees day, so I thought I’d post some stuff I’ve run into over the years about different countries and their policies on accepting musicians. This may be a resource for musical and artistic refugees and Read More …
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month in the USA and so just as I did with autism, this month I will devote a majority of posts to focusing on the research on epilepsy. Notice: In rare cases, musicogenic seizures have been Read More …
From a study by Frederick Tims : The study followed various health measures in 130 people during 1998. The experimental group consisted of 61 retirees taking group keyboard lessons in Florida over a period of two 10-week semesters. The health Read More …
From a study by Denetsu Sutoo and Kayo Akiyama: The mechanism by which music modifies brain function is not clear. Clinical findings indicate that music reduces blood pressure in various patients. We investigated the effect of music on blood pressure Read More …
From a study by Morishita Akiyo : This study examined the effectiveness of reducing stress by using classical music on resting females. Twenty females, 23.25.+-.0.68 years old, with normal hearing (experimental group N=10, control group N=10) participated in this study. Read More …
