Archive for December, 2008
December 31st, 2008 0:12:44
The role of semantic association and emotional contagion for the induction of emotion with music.
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The role of semantic association and emotional contagion for the induction of emotion with music.
Behav Brain Sci. 2008 Oct;31(5):579-580
Authors: Fritz T, Koelsch S
We suggest that semantic association may be a further mechanism by which music may elicit emotion. Furthermore, we note that emotional contagion is not always an immediate process requiring little prior information processing; rather, emotional contagion contributing to music processing may constitute a more complex decoding mechanism for information inherent in the music, which may be subject to a time course of activation.
PMID: 18826703 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
December 29th, 2008 5:12:11
The effect of cochlear implantation on music perception by adults with usable pre-operative acoustic hearing.
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The effect of cochlear implantation on music perception by adults with usable pre-operative acoustic hearing.
Int J Audiol. 2008 May;47(5):257-68
Authors: Looi V, McDermott H, McKay C, Hickson L
This study investigated the change in music perception of adults undergoing cochlear implantation. Nine adults scheduled for a cochlear implant (CI) were assessed on a music test battery both prior to implantation (whilst using hearing aids; HAs), and three months after activation of their CIs. The results were compared with data from a group of longer-term CI users and a group of HA-only users. The tests comprised assessments of rhythm, pitch, instrument, and melody perception. Pre-to-post surgery comparisons showed no significant difference in the rhythm, melody, and instrument identification scores. Subjects’ scores were significantly lower post-implant for ranking pitch intervals of one octave and a quarter octave (p=0.007, and p<0.001, respectively), and were only at chance levels for the smaller interval. However, although pitch perception was generally poorer with a CI than with a HA, it is likely that the use of both devices simultaneously could have provided higher scores for these subjects. Analysis of the other tests’ results provided insights into factors affecting music perception for adults with severe to profound hearing impairment.
PMID: 18465410 [PubMed - in process]
December 29th, 2008 5:12:03
The effect of live classical piano music on the vital signs of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery.
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The effect of live classical piano music on the vital signs of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery.
Medscape J Med. 2008;10(6):149
Authors: Camara JG, Ruszkowski JM, Worak SR
CONTEXT: Music and surgery. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of live classical piano music on vital signs of patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING AND PATIENTS: 203 patients who underwent various ophthalmologic procedures in a period during which a piano was present in the operating room of St. Francis Medical Center. [Note: St. Francis Medical Center has recently been renamed Hawaii Medical Center East.] INTERVENTION: Demographic data, surgical procedures, and the vital signs of 203 patients who underwent ophthalmic procedures were obtained from patient records. Blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate measured in the preoperative holding area were compared with the same parameters taken in the operating room, with and without exposure to live piano music. A paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate. RESULTS: 115 patients who were exposed to live piano music showed a statistically significant decrease in mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate in the operating room compared with their vital signs measured in the preoperative holding area (P < .0001). The control group of 88 patients not exposed to live piano music showed a statistically significant increase in mean arterial blood pressure (P < .0002) and heart rate and respiratory rate (P < .0001). CONCLUSION: Live classical piano music lowered the blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate in patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery.
PMID: 18679538 [PubMed - in process]
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