February 2010 – Strike the Right Note

Mozart Improves Spatio-Temporal Task Performance in Alzheimer’s Patient

Posted onSaturday, 27 February 2010Sunday, 19 August 2018AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a case study by Johnson JK, Cotman CW, Tasaki CS, and Shaw GL: Several recent studies have investigated the effectiveness of various behavioral interventions on the cognitive performance of subjects with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Simulations of Shaw’s structured model Read More …

Researchers Foresee Clinical Applications of the Mozart Effect

Posted onWednesday, 24 February 2010Sunday, 19 August 2018AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Shaw GL, and Bodner M: Motivated by predictions from the structured trion model of the cortex, based on Mountcastle’s columnar organizational principle, behavioral experiments have demonstrated a causal short-term enhancement of spatial-temporal reasoning in college students Read More …

The Mozart Effect is a Permanent Change

Posted onSaturday, 20 February 2010Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Aoun P, Jones T, Shaw GL, and Bodner M: OBJECTIVES: An animal model of the ‘generalized Mozart effect’ (GME) – enhanced/normalized higher brain function in response to music exposure – has been established. We extend those Read More …

Mozart Decreases Epiletiform Activity

Posted onWednesday, 17 February 2010Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Hughes JR, Daaboul Y, Fino JJ, and Shaw GL: The “Mozart Effect,” using the Piano Sonata in D Major (K.448), was examined in patients with seizures. In 23 of 29 instances significant decreases in epileptiform activity Read More …

Mozart May Alleviate Epilepsy

Posted onSaturday, 13 February 2010Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Lin LC, Lee WT, Wu HC, Tsai CL, Wei RC, Jong YJ, and Yang RC: PURPOSE: Certain music has been shown to improve mental function, leading to what is known as the Mozart effect. This study Read More …

Mozart Sonata Activates More of Your Brain

Posted onWednesday, 10 February 2010Saturday, 29 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Bodner M, Muftuler LT, Nalcioglu O, and Shaw GL: Behavioral studies, motivated by columnar cortical model predictions, have given evidence for music causally enhancing spatial-temporal reasoning. A wide range of behavioral experiments showed that listening to Read More …

Mozart Promotes EEG Coherence

Posted onSaturday, 6 February 2010Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Sarnthein J, vonStein A, Rappelsberger P, Petsche H, Rauscher FH, and Shaw GL: Motivated by predictions from the structured trion model of the cortex, behavioral experiments have demonstrated a causal short-term enhancement of spatial-temporal reasoning in Read More …

Music Improves Visual Recognition

Posted onWednesday, 3 February 2010Thursday, 13 November 2014AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

From a study by Pavlygina RA, Sakharov DS, Davydov VI, and Avdonkin AV: The efficiency of recognition of masked visual images (Arabic numerals) under conditions of listening to classical (intensity 62 dB) or rock music (25 dB) increased. Coherence of Read More …

Month: February 2010

Mozart Improves Spatio-Temporal Task Performance in Alzheimer’s Patient

Researchers Foresee Clinical Applications of the Mozart Effect

The Mozart Effect is a Permanent Change

Mozart Decreases Epiletiform Activity

Mozart May Alleviate Epilepsy

Mozart Sonata Activates More of Your Brain

Mozart Promotes EEG Coherence

Music Improves Visual Recognition

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