Title of paper under discussion Music effects on event-related potentials of humans on the basis of cultural environment Authors Mehmet Kemal Arikan, Müge Devrim, Öznur Oran, Seniha Inan, Meyselon Elhih, Tamer Demiralp Journal Neuroscience Letters, 268 (1999) pp 21-24 Link to paper (free access) (with thanks to The Institute for Music and Brain Science for …
Background music helps you think – but only if it’s familiar Read More »
Title of paper under discussion Activated brain regions in musicians during an ensemble: a PET study Authors Masayuki Satoh, Katsuhiko Takeda, Ken Nagata, Jun Hatazawa, Shigeki Kuzuhara Journal Cognitive Brain Research, 12 (2001), pp101–108 Link to paper (free access) Overview There are many different ways of listening to music, for instance with attention directed toward …
Images of brain attending to alto line of a Bruckner motet Read More »
Title of paper under discussion The fate of sounds in conductors’ brains: an ERP study Authors Wido Nager, Christine Kohlmetz, Eckart Altenmüller, Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells and Thomas F. Münte Journal Cognitive Brain Research, 17 (2003) pp 83–93 Link to paper (free access) Overview Based in Hannover, Germany, this research team set out to test the hypothesis …
Conductors’ brains ‘flash positive’ on hearing a deviant noise in their periphery Read More »