July 2009 – Strike the Right Note

According to our Brains, Music May Be a Language

Posted onWednesday, 29 July 2009Friday, 14 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Nan Y, Knösche TR, Zysset S, and Friederici AD: The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural basis of musical phrase boundary processing during the perception of music from native and Read More …

Musicians Learn Everything Faster

Posted onSaturday, 25 July 2009Friday, 14 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Rosenkranz K, Williamon A, and Rothwell JC: Musicians not only have extraordinary motor and sensory skills, but they also have an increased ability to learn new tasks compared with non-musicians [emphasis added]. We examined how these Read More …

Musicians Have Balanced Brains

Posted onWednesday, 22 July 2009Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Patston LL, Kirk IJ, Rolfe MH, Corballis MC, and Tippett LJ: Previous behavioural research has shown that spatial attention is bilaterally represented in musicians, possibly reflecting more equal neural development between the hemispheres. We investigated this Read More …

Musical Experience Increases Auditory Planning Ability

Posted onSaturday, 18 July 2009Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Keller PE, and Koch I: The hypothesis that planning music-like sequential actions involves anticipating their auditory effects was investigated in a series of experiments. Participants with varying levels of musical experience responded to each of four Read More …

Music as Effective as Diazepam Prior to Surgery

Posted onWednesday, 15 July 2009Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Berbel P, Moix J, and Quintana S: OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness of music to that of diazepam in reducing preoperative anxiety. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were randomized to 2 groups to receive diazepam or listen Read More …

Practicing Music Modifies Linguistic Organization in the Brain

Posted onSaturday, 11 July 2009Friday, 14 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Milovanov R, Tervaniemi M, Takio F, and Hämäläinen H: To increase our understanding of the phonemic processing skills of musical and non-musical subjects, the Dichotic Listening task was performed in children and adults with varying degrees Read More …

Learning to Play a Musical Instrument Increases Motor Skills After Stroke

Posted onWednesday, 8 July 2009Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Schneider S, Schönle PW, Altenmüller E, and Münte TF: In previous studies, it was shown that there is a need for efficient motor rehabilitation approaches. For this purpose, we evaluated a music-supported training program designed to Read More …

Musicians Can Alleviate Distress

Posted onSaturday, 4 July 2009Friday, 16 June 2017AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Caprilli S, Anastasi F, Grotto RP, Abeti MS, Messeri A.: OBJECTIVE: The experience of venipuncture is seen by children as one of the most fearful experiences during hospitalization. Children experience anxiety both before and during the Read More …

Music Affects Gene Expression

Posted onWednesday, 1 July 2009Thursday, 27 August 2015AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Meng B, Zhu S, Li S, Zeng Q, and Mei B : Music has been proved beneficial to improve learning and memory in many species including human in previous research work. Although some genes have been Read More …

Month: July 2009

According to our Brains, Music May Be a Language

Musicians Learn Everything Faster

Musicians Have Balanced Brains

Musical Experience Increases Auditory Planning Ability

Music as Effective as Diazepam Prior to Surgery

Practicing Music Modifies Linguistic Organization in the Brain

Learning to Play a Musical Instrument Increases Motor Skills After Stroke

Musicians Can Alleviate Distress

Music Affects Gene Expression

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