News tagged with music perception


Looking for the origins of music in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

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 ...


The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...





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Newborn infants detect the beat in music

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of Amsterdam demonstrated that two to three day old babies can detect ...


Genetic loci assigned for musical aptitude in Finnish families

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers from Finland and USA have identified one major and several potential loci associated with musical aptitude in the human genome. The results raise an interesting question about common evolutionary background of ...


Intelligent DJ Emerges from Fundamental Research

Intelligent DJ Emerges from Fundamental Research

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Austrian project has made the leap from research bench to shop shelf and is breathing musical intelligence into a digital audio system. This achievement has been made possible by a computer ...


Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 1

(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.


Babies learn music while sleeping

Babies learn music while sleeping

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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.


Music Technology Researchers Create New Robotic Percussionist

Music Technology Researchers Create New Robotic Percussionist

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Georgia Tech has created an improved version of the robotic percussionist. The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument – the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes ...


Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy.


'Perfect Pitch' in Humans Far More Prevalent than Expected

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have developed a unique test for perfect pitch, and have found surprising results.


2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican

MySpace Music debuts in Britain

Technology / Internet

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a "Get Real Close" campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican.



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