Music and the Brain: The Music of Language and the Language of Music

In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of a recent, elegantly argued offering from Oxford University Press, “Music, Language and the Brain.” Ratings Current...

How can music therapy improve mental health?

How Music Can Be Mental Health Care. In music therapy, clients play and listen to music as treatment for stress, depression and anxiety. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application Avg: 0/5 How can music therapy...

Tumor-Destroying Sound Waves Treatment Coming to a Hospital Near You For Liver Cancer

Oncologists have a new tool to target liver cancers with thanks to an academia-marketplace-based solution that uses high-energy acoustics to destroy tumors with sound. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application...

Watching Symphonies Can Synchronize Heart, Lungs, and Even Electrical Impulses of the Listener

The perfect synchronicity of a classical symphony has the power to similarly synchronize the movement, heart rate, breathing rate, and the electrical conductivity of skin between audience members. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg:...

Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient Sounds

Energy is a meaningful component of Bertoia’s seminal artistic explorations, as exhibited in his sounding or “sonambient” sculptures. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application Avg: 0/5 Harry Bertoia’s...

The Music of the Spheres – BBC Program on Sound

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the music of the spheres, the elegant and poetic idea that the revolution of the planets generates a celestial harmony of profound and transcendent beauty. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5...