Experimental one-line algorithmic music - the 2nd iteration. Neuroscience of Music - How Music Enhances Learning - Neuroplasticity. Neuroscience research into the neuroscience of music shows that musicians’ brains may be primed to distinguish meaningful sensory information from noise. This ability seems to enhance other cognitive abilities such as learning, language, memory and neuroplasticity of various brain areas. Scientific review of how music training primes nervous system and boosts learning Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players, whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga, only hint at music’s effect on the soul throughout the ages. Now a data-driven review by Northwestern University researchers that will be published July 20 in Nature Reviews Neuroscience pulls together converging research from the scientific literature linking musical training to learning that spills over to skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion.
Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel Source: Northwestern University. 21 Songs Written About Other Famous People: Pics, Videos, Links, News. The Soundtrack of Civilization: A Neuroscientist Looks at the Impact of Music on Human Nature. Daniel Levitin dropped out of college in 1975 to join a rock band. He did it, he says, because it comforted the loneliness he felt being away from his home and friends that first year. He eventually returned to school and ended up with a Ph.D. in psychology, but not before he worked with some of the world’s most-notable rock artists as a session musician, commercial recording engineer, live sound engineer, and record producer—oh, and racking up 17 gold or platinum records along the way.
Now a researcher and professor of neuroscience and music at McGill University in Montreal, Levitin combines his passion for music and the mind by peering into people’s brains to understand how we perceive and process the information in music, and theorizing about the role it played in the evolution of human culture and civilization. Levitin bases his argument on the fact that both our bodies and brains adapted from proto-humans over time. Only recently in human history has music become a profession. 7 Great Sites About Music and Literature. We are overloaded with media, both Web-based and hard copy. We need solid tools to help us sift through all of it, and to clue us in on the stuff that's worth paying attention to.
The following sites employ user communities and new Web tools to help us do just that--and also provide forums where we can offer our own opinions. Pitchfork: One the first independent-music Web sites, and arguably still the best. Not too much about Justin Timberlake here, but plenty on new indie releases. Be sure to check out the PitchforkTV beta for fresh documentaries on music legends. Amoeba Music: This music chain's site gives you a pretty good flavor of the music that people are listening to on the Left Coast (the chain has stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Berkeley, California). Other Music: And here you can find the view from the East Coast--Greenwich Village, to be exact. Metacritic: At this site you can read fresh criticism about new (mainstream) films, DVDs, music, TV, and games.