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Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music that Makes Them Weep?
Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music that Makes Them Weep?
Host Steve Mencher and Professor David Huron, Head of Ohio State University's Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Labora... Read more
29 Apr 2010
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Ranked #2
Making Music Changes Brains
Making Music Changes Brains
Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, Director of the Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratories, Beth Deaconess Israel Medic... Read more
29 Apr 2010
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Music, Memories, and the Brain
Music, Memories, and the Brain
Dr. Peter Janata, associate professor at University of California, Davis, and member of the Center for Mind and Brain ta... Read more
29 Apr 2010
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17mins
Ranked #4
The Music of Language and the Language of Music.
The Music of Language and the Language of Music.
In our everyday lives language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Pa... Read more
29 Dec 2008
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18mins
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Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Vera Brandes, Director, Research Program Music Medicine, Paracelsus Medical Private Un... Read more
10 Sep 2010
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The Positive Effects of Music Therapy on Health
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Steve Mencher from the Library of Congress talks with Concetta M. Tomaino, Executive Director,Institute for Music and Ne... Read more
29 Apr 2010
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From Mode to Emotion in Musical Communication
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From Mode to Emotion in Musical Communication: Steven Brown, Director of the NeuroArts Lab at McMaster University, discu... Read more
27 Mar 2009
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19mins
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Trance Formation: Music, Trance, Religious Experience, and the Brain
Trance Formation: Music, Trance, Religious Experience, and the Brain
Steve Mencher from the Library of Congress talks to Dr. Robin Sylvan, Director of the Sacred Center, El Cerrito, Califor... Read more
22 Jan 2010
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24mins
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Dangerous Music
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Artistic anathemas, musical mayhem, and cultural conundrums such as "the devil's music"- Middleton and Krash explore the... Read more
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The Mind of the Artist
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Dr. Richard E. Cytowic, MD, of George Washington Medical Center discusses his presentation "Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Di... Read more
1 Dec 2009
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