Archive for June, 2009
June 29th, 2009 15:06:15
The sounds of music or the sounds of silence in the operating room.
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The sounds of music or the sounds of silence in the operating room.
Injury. 2008 Nov 28;
Authors: Toker S
PMID: 19041966 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
June 28th, 2009 22:06:06
Can music preference indicate mental health status in young people?
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Can music preference indicate mental health status in young people?
Australas Psychiatry. 2008 Feb 29;:1-4
Authors: Baker F, Bor W
Objective: In the aftermath of the double suicide of two teenage girls in 2007, the media linked the themes of ‘emo’ music and the girls’ mental state. But it is not just emo music that has been the subject of scrutiny by the media. Rap music, country, and heavy metal have also been blamed for antisocial behaviours including violence, theft, promiscuity and drug use. It remains an important research and clinical question as to whether music contributes to the acting out of behaviours described in the music lyrics or whether the preferred music represents the already existing behavioural tendencies in the subject. This paper surveys and discusses the relevant literature on music preference and adolescent music listening behaviours, and their links with adolescent mental health. Conclusion: Studies have found a relationship between various genres of music and antisocial behaviours, vulnerability to suicide, and drug use. However, studies reject that music is a causal factor and suggest that music preference is more indicative of emotional vulnerability. A limited number of studies have found correlations between music preference and mental health status. More research is needed to determine whether music preferences of those with diagnosed mental health issues differ substantially from the general adolescent population.
PMID: 18608148 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
June 28th, 2009 11:06:12
Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species.
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Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species.
Curr Biol. 2009 Apr 29;
Authors: Schachner A, Brady TF, Pepperberg IM, Hauser MD
The human capacity for music consists of certain core phenomena, including the tendency to entrain, or align movement, to an external auditory pulse [1-3]. This ability, fundamental both for music production and for coordinated dance, has been repeatedly highlighted as uniquely human [4-11]. However, it has recently been hypothesized that entrainment evolved as a by-product of vocal mimicry, generating the strong prediction that only vocal mimicking animals may be able to entrain [12, 13]. Here we provide comparative data demonstrating the existence of two proficient vocal mimicking nonhuman animals (parrots) that entrain to music, spontaneously producing synchronized movements resembling human dance. We also provide an extensive comparative data set from a global video database systematically analyzed for evidence of entrainment in hundreds of species both capable and incapable of vocal mimicry. Despite the higher representation of vocal nonmimics in the database and comparable exposure of mimics and nonmimics to humans and music, only vocal mimics showed evidence of entrainment. We conclude that entrainment is not unique to humans and that the distribution of entrainment across species supports the hypothesis that entrainment evolved as a by-product of selection for vocal mimicry.
PMID: 19409786 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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