News tagged with music cognition

New Features Found in Einstein's Brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- When one thinks of Einstein, it is natural to assume that obviously his brain differed from that of the average person. And, ever since Thomas Harvey, a pathologist in Princeton, removed Einste ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (43) | comments 27 weblog

Playing along with the Mozart effect

Five months after we are conceived, music begins to capture our attention and wire our brains for a lifetime of aural experience. At the other end of life, musical memories can be imprinted on the brain so indelibly that ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 1

Background music can impair performance, cites new study

For decades research has shown that listening to music alleviates anxiety and depression, enhances mood, and can increase cognitive functioning, such as spatial awareness. However, until now, research has not addressed how ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research Reveals First Evidence of Bimusicalism in Untrained Listeners

(PhysOrg.com) -- Music, like language, is affected by the mass cultural exchanges resulting from globalization. Bilingualism is increasing, and now a University of Arkansas researcher and her colleagues present the first ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Music tuition can help children improve reading skills

Children exposed to a multi-year programme of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Experts look to music as way to uncover past buried by dementia

One had to look closely, but the white sneaker definitely tapped the floor. Slightly, softly, steadily. Like a heartbeat.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1