Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...at handles information from your ears, holds on to musical memories. In a study titled "Sound of silence act...ent auditory brain regions that are recruited when musical memories are reconstructed. If the music went quiet during an instrumental song, like during the the...Why North America is not a rhythm nation
...at Bulgarian and Macedonian adults process complex musical rhythms better than North American adults, who oft...cance of culture influences our ability to process musical patterns, the researchers also conducted experiments with North American infants and found that they...Perfect pitch, portable bone-health monitor
New evidence that a coveted musical ability may be more learnable than conventionally ...erfect pitch," is the ability to name or produce a musical note of particular pitch without first hearing a reference note. It is extremely rare in the U.S. an...Autistic children show outstanding musical skills
... tone recognition. "A lot of work has been done on musical savants with exceptional musical memory and rarely found absolute pitch ability" says Dr Pamela Heaton who led the research. "But our...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...nt a brief history of the technical development of musical instruments during the 20th century. Wheeler's his...ic controllers and present various examples of new musical interfaces developed at the MIT Media Lab (2aMUb3). On the acoustical side, Edward Kottick of the Un...Making music could be bad for your skin
Playing a musical instrument increases your risk of suffering from a...n is important in the positioning and playing of a musical instrument," write the authors of the study. "During practicing and performing there is a permanent ...New studies show factors responsible for enhanced response to music
...music; the effects on the brain of growing up in a musical or non-musical environment; and which areas of the... been done to characterize the brain's response to musical patterns, but now researchers are beginning to focus on more complex issues, such as how the pattern...Stages of memory described in new study
...as driving, playing a sport, or learning to play a musical instrument or perform a surgical procedure. "This is the type of memory that we often take for granted," says Walker. "But for stroke patients or other individuals who have suffered neurological damage that has injured their motor skills functioning ...Solving the mystery of musical harmony
...entists have puzzled over why some combinations of musical tones played together sound more harmonious than others. Now, Duke University perception scientists David Schwartz, Catherine Howe and Dale Purves have presented evidence that variation in the relative harmoniousness, or "consonance," of different to...Researchers find way to improve musical performance
...e discovered a way to help musicians improve their musical performances by an average of up to 17 per cent, e...rformance across a number of areas including their musical understanding and imagination, and their communication with the audience. Dr. Tobias Egner, from Imp...Practice makes perfect, if you sleep on it
...lls such as those involved with sports, learning a musical instrument or dance." Walker said. "In order for an individual to learn new things, they may require a good night's sleep before the maximum benefit of the time they spend practicing is realized." This also may help to explain why infants sleep so ...'Power nap' prevents burnout; morning sleep perfects a skill
... findings have implications for learning sports, a musical instrument, or developing artistic movement control. "All such learning of new actions may require sleep before the maximum benefit of practice is expressed," note the researchers. Since a full night's sleep is a prerequisite to experiencing the cr...Buszaki neuroscience research published in current journals 'Science' & 'Nature'
...e temporal domain, similar to melodies played on a musical instrument. Timing is of the essence in the brain. Moreover, Buzsaki said researchers "showed that this complex behavior can be explained by the biophysical properties of single neurons rather than by complicated rules within neuronal networks as pre...Children as young as 5 have gender bias when it comes to picking a musical instrument
Ask children what musical instruments they would like to play and boys invar...exhibit stereotypical preferences when it comes to musical instruments. Reporting in the current issue of the journal Sex Roles, University of Washington rese...An active life helps to ward off Alzheimer's
... of non-occupational activities, such as playing a musical instrument, gardening, physical exercise or even playing board games, were less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease later in life. "People who were less active were more than three times more likely to have Alzheimer's disease as compared to those ...Improving burn diagnosis and insights into perfect pitch at acoustics press conference
Is the coveted musical talent known as "perfect pitch" actually something... (614-292-4657, McDaniel.2@osu.edu ) Many musical and performance traditions from sub-Saharan African societies are retained in various ways in ja......fication of certain sounds which occur in numerous musical traditions insub-Saharan Africa (2pMU1). Doris Gr...l.2@osu.edu ) willdescribe how sub-Saharan Africa musical traditions, such as collectiveimprovisation, have found their way into jazz music (2pMU3). Ohio Stat......nvolved pairs of words andthe fourth used pairs of musical tones. In the language tests, the boys h...ere was no difference in the two groups during the musical tone test.This means the difference between the dyslexics and the normal children relatesto auditory...