EFFECT OF MUSIC ON MIND AND BRAIN
EFFECT OF MUSIC ON MIND AND BRAIN
Overview:
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Introduction
1) Meaning of Music
2) Meaning of Brain
3) Meaning of Mind
Correlation between music, mind and brain
Research on the topic
Music therapy in treatment of psychiatric disorders
Conclusion
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Introduction:
The interconnection between music and the physical and mental health of human beings has been researched since long. The research has concluded that music does have positive effects on the mind and brain of human beings. Music has the power of healing certain ailments. Indian classical music has been found to have the strongest healing powers. Be it about fighting anxiety, be it about speeding the healing process, music is the answer to all the queries. 1)
Meaning of Music :
According to Jean Molino (1975, 37) music, often is an art/entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture". According to Clifton, music is “an ordered arrangement of sounds and silences whose meaning is presentative rather than denotative”.
Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.
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Meaning of Brain:
The human brain is the centre of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. The human brain is divided into three parts, cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. These different parts have their own functions. The cerebral cortex is divided into left and right hemispheres. Anatomists conventionally divide each hemisphere into four "lobes", the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe.
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Meaning of mind:
Mind is defined as the human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. It is also defined as the collective
Overview:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Introduction
1) Meaning of Music
2) Meaning of Brain
3) Meaning of Mind
Correlation between music, mind and brain
Research on the topic
Music therapy in treatment of psychiatric disorders
Conclusion
a)
Introduction:
The interconnection between music and the physical and mental health of human beings has been researched since long. The research has concluded that music does have positive effects on the mind and brain of human beings. Music has the power of healing certain ailments. Indian classical music has been found to have the strongest healing powers. Be it about fighting anxiety, be it about speeding the healing process, music is the answer to all the queries. 1)
Meaning of Music :
According to Jean Molino (1975, 37) music, often is an art/entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture". According to Clifton, music is “an ordered arrangement of sounds and silences whose meaning is presentative rather than denotative”.
Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.
2)
Meaning of Brain:
The human brain is the centre of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. The human brain is divided into three parts, cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. These different parts have their own functions. The cerebral cortex is divided into left and right hemispheres. Anatomists conventionally divide each hemisphere into four "lobes", the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe.
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Meaning of mind:
Mind is defined as the human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. It is also defined as the collective
References: -Dynamics of brain: NeuroImage, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2004, Pages 1622-1638 Mihai Popescu, Asuka Otsuka, Andreas A. Ioannides -Music as self: Poetics, Volume 27, Issue 1, October 1999, Pages 31-56 Tia DeNora -Music as therapy: Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery, Volume 5, Issue 5, October 1999, Pages 140-143Francis C. Biley -Art of medicine- Music, medicine, embodiment: H M Evans -Wikipedia, Some sites based on music.