News tagged with music perception
Keep the beat say, rhythm researchers
Why we do move when we hear good music? Researchers at McMaster University have found that tapping to the beat measurably enriches the listening experience, broadening our capacity to understand timing and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Looking for the origins of music in the brain
Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?
Music is social communication between individuals -- humming of lullabies attach infant to parent and singing or playing music adds croup cohesion. The neurobiology of music perception and production is likely to be related ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Babies learn music while sleeping
(PhysOrg.com) -- Early screening and treatment for infants with hearing problems, and the ability to computer-generate musical scores, are two very different possible outcomes of some “off-the-wall” research.
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Alcohol tastes sweeter in noisy environments
(Medical Xpress) -- People find alcohol sweeter in noisy environments, which might drown out our ability to judge how much we’re drinking, according to new research.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Is there a central brain area for hearing melodies and speech cues? Still an open question
Previous studies have suggested a particular hotspot in the brain might be responsible for perceiving pitch, but auditory neuroscientists are still debating whether this "pitch center" actually exists. A review article discusses ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Playing music alters the processing of multiple sensory stimuli in the brain
(Medical Xpress) -- Over the years pianists develop a particularly acute sense of the temporal correlation between the movements of the piano keys and the sound of the notes played. However, they are no better ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Apple unveils faster, more powerful iPhone 4S
The most closely kept secret about the iPhone 5? There isn't one - yet. Apple unveiled a faster, more powerful version of its sleek iPhone on Tuesday and named it the 4S. It includes a futuristic, voice-activated ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Samsung grows ever bigger, but icon status elusive
If you own a consumer electronics gadget, there's a good chance something from Samsung makes it tick. The company has traveled far from its roots as a seller of cheap appliances in the 1970s and 1980s when ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Getting social with your media
Kristine Nowak isn’t rushing to join the newest social network. In fact, she thinks that on the surface, Google Plus is something of a hoax.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Alcohol ads still reaching youth on the radio
Almost 1 out of 11 radio ads for alcoholic beverages in 75 markets across the nation in 2009 failed to comply with the alcohol industry’s voluntary standard for the placement of advertising, according to an analysis ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Tinnitus discovery could lead to new ways to stop the ringing
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus – a constant, often high-pitched ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be annoying ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Tactile technology guaranteed to send shivers down your spine
A new tactile technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), called Surround Haptics, makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensations, from the smoothness of a finger ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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