How Our Brains Process Music - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Listening to a melody can sway our emotions because the auditory neurons that process music are in conversation with emotional centers in the brain. “Composers talk about musical tension and resolution,” Sankaran said. “Our ability to expect and anticipate these features of music explains how it can set an upbeat tone or bring us to tears
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Playful Brains: Early Years Play Shapes Children’s Futures
WEBOct 2, 2023 · Play in the early years forges essential neural pathways, impacting future growth and learning. Children are biologically wired for play, and diverging from this can hinder their development. The research integrates the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, suggesting play as a means of mental health recovery for …
How Does the Brain Create Our Perception of Reality?
WEBNov 3, 2021 · New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the world. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2021, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of …
How Childhood Trauma Alters Brain Pathways - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · A brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The University of Essex study—led by the Department of Psychology’s Dr. Megan Klabunde—uncovered a disruption in neural networks involved in self-focus and problem-solving. The findings are …
How Music Strengthens the Brain - Neuroscience News
WEBAug 23, 2021 · Music soothes, energizes and inspires. Image is in the public domain. “Understanding music allows neurologists and neurosurgeons and neuroscientists to better understand the brain,” continues Bendok. “It’s a great way to better map the brain, both for enhancing the safety of surgery, but also for exploring new avenues for new therapies ...
Why We Remember, and Forget. And What We Can Do About It
WEBFeb 3, 2023 · Sleep helps information to move from being briefly accessible to being stored in long-term ways, and it guides the transition from something we remember from a specific event, like remembering when the teacher said the boiling point of water was 212 degrees Fahrenheit, to a fact we just know. BUDSON: Sleep is important to consolidate memories ...
A Variety of Factors Beyond Age Influence Reaction Time
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Source: TGen. Reaction time, as a measure of brain health, is influenced by aging and a variety of other factors, including education, sex, smoking, dizziness, the number of daily medications, family medical history, and even whether one favors using their right or left hand. In a study published in Nature Aging and Mechanisms of Disease ...
What Happens in Our Brain When We Die? - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Findings ‘challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends’. “We measured 900 seconds of brain activity around the time of death and set a specific focus to investigate what happened in the 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped beating,” said Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, US, who organised ...
The Science Behind Why Hobbies Can Improve Our Mental Health
WEBFeb 14, 2021 · Summary: From helping to reduce depression to boosting dopamine in the reward system, researchers review how taking up a hobby can have positive effects on mental health. Source: The Conversation The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ mental health.Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many may understandably be feeling more lonely, anxious, and ...