Music research - link to brain
While the first evidence of music can be traced in cave paintings that dated back as much as 70,000 years, researchers are still working hard to find how music could transform our moods and mind.
These are just a small collection of research that may interest you :-
Great composers and mathematics Many great composers love mathematics. When Mozart discovered the subject before his 6th birthday,it was described that suddenly the house erupted with figures scribbled on every bit of space - walls, floors, tables and chairs.
Music and Mathematics Pythagoras (a mathematicians of ancient Greece) and his followers discovered that all music could be understood as numbers and mathematical ratios.
It helps in education
When put to test, music was shown to be a very powerful educational tool. In one research conducted at the University of California at Irvine, researchers had used 3 to 4 year old children in a trial. 33 students were divided into 2 groups and over the course of 8 months the first group was given a variety of lessons while the other group none at all.
At the end of the experiment, the music students were able to score 80 % higher on object assembly test – putting together a piece of jigsaw puzzles as fast of possible. This task is the kind of test that would later be useful in mathematics and engineering.
Mozart and IQ
In another music therapy research at the same centre, researchers found that kids who listened to Mozart's Sonata in D for two Pianos, experienced an increase in their IQ tests by as much as nine points. Researchers were surprised because these kids were exposed to only 10 minutes of Mozart.
Music and Brain
Researcher also believe that Baroque music’s steady tempo is parallel to the brain’s wavelength when the brain is in the state of “relaxed alertness”. This state is the receptive state for learning. Nowadays, music is normally used in accelerated learning courses for students who are studying language and mathematics.
Scientists found that listening or playing music involves both left, right, front and back portions of the brain. This explains why people can learn and retain information better when listening to music.
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