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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · 10d

Arguably the greatest concert film of all time. Of course, some would argue The Last Waltz or Woodstock or...

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Aug 26

It appears to me that you have a very positive view of Trump. 😏

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Jul 20

"These findings indicate that a specific brain state of musical creation is formed ... in which [neurons in] the primary visual and motor areas...are recruited to enhance the functional connectivity between the ACC and the default mode network to plan the integration of musical notes with emotion."

Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Jul 20

Jing Lu et al The Brain Functional State of Music Creation
doi: 10.1038/srep12277.
Compared composing vs resting state fMRI of 17 composers. Stronger functional connectivity appeared between anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), right angular gyrus and bilateral superior frontal gyrus during composition.

Row A shows areas of decreased connectivity, Row E areas of increased connectivity.

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Jun 18

"This collection explores the science of learning to move and its impact on cognition, how the neuropsychological aspects of the creative movement process is manifested in the brain, and how creative movement or dance can be harnessed to enhance health, cognitive function, and quality of life."

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Jun 18

The latest issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease has a special section entitled "Neuropsychological impact and mechanisms of creative movement: Implications for rehabilitation for aging, neurodegenerative disease, and neurotrauma." See link and abstract below. #neuroskyence

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Jun 13

my latest, in Trends in Cognitive Sciences

this review lays out what I think the fundamental specializations are for music perception in humans, namely, the hierarchical processing of pitch and rhythm

or, how our minds turn vibrating air into music

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Trends in
Cognitive Sciences
Review
Core systems of music perception
Samuel A. Mehr 1 ,2 , *
1 School of Psychology, University of
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Human musicality is supported by two distinct systems of representation: one for
tonal perception, which contextualizes pitch input in reference to a hierarchy of
tones; and one for metrical perception, which contextualizes temporal input in reference to a hierarchy of rhythmic groupings. Growing evidence suggests that the two
systems are universal, automatic, encapsulated, and relatively early-developing. But
like speech perception, and unlike several other perceptual systems, they appear to
be uniquely human. The systems of tonal and metrical perception form a foundational structure for musicality that, when combined with the processing of other
acoustical information (e.g., timbre or auditory scenes), and applied in conjunction
with other cognitive domains, yields a human psychology of music.

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · May 8

Curse of Neuroanatomy Training Part 4. Tessellation of Mona Lisa, but looks like gyri to us. Thanks to Dr. Jeff Browndyke. Original post by Kevin Atkinson Mathematical Tiling and Tessellation. #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Apr 7

"...and deactivation of angular gyrus and supramarginal gyrus, brain structures implicated in semantic processing of language... Therefore, we argue that neural regions for syntactic processing are not domain-specific for language but instead may be domain-general for communication."

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Apr 7

Donnay et al doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088665
An fMRI Study of ‘Trading Fours’ in Jazz
Improvisation between musicians-->activation of perisylvian areas linked to processing of syntactic elements in music, including inferior frontal gyrus & posterior superior temporal gyrus... #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Apr 5

Gustavson et al doi: 10.1007/s10519-023-10135-0.
Parents reported on children's music experiences (N = 11,876 children). Instrument exposure... was associated with language (r = .27) and executive functions (r = .15-0.17), stronger than music listening, visual art, or soccer. #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 30

For drummers: "The experience of groove is a trade-off between stimulus complexity (amount of syncopation) and the ability to maintain a sufficiently stable metre for moving in time with music."

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 30

Vuust, P et al doi: 10.1038/s41583-022-00578-5. Epub 2022 Mar 29. Music in the brain

Review of the cognitive neuroscience literature of music perception. Music perception, action, emotion & learning all rest on the human brain's fundamental capacity for prediction. #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 25

Probably trying to maximize group differences

Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 24

This hypothesis is supported by the strong association we found between structural differences, musician status, and practice intensity.

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 24

Although some of these multiregional differences could be attributable to innate predisposition, [authors] believe they may represent ... adaptations in response to long-term skill acquisition and the repetitive rehearsal of those skills.

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 24

Gaser & Schlaug doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-27-09240.2003. Brain structures differ between musicians and non-musicians

Gray matter volume differences in motor, auditory, & visual-spatial brain regions in pro musicians vs matched group of amateur musicians and non-musicians...
#neuroskyence

Plot of grey matter differences in musicians

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Mark Carney Supporter @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social · Mar 22

Elbows up, Canada!

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Mar 22

Elbows up, Canada.

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · Mar 22

💃🧠 Psyched to share my latest paper in Neuron on the past, present and future of dance neuroscience research! Crazy to think where this field will be in 20 more years 🚀

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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 22

Strong, J doi: 10.1080/13825585.2018.1448356. The cognitive functioning of older adult... musicians and non-musicians
Adult non-musicians vs low-activity musicians vs and high-activity musicians. Differences found on tasks of visual spatial ability, naming, and executive functioning. #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 22

Singing also enhanced short-term and working memory and caregiver well-being, whereas music listening had a positive effect on quality of life.

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 22

Särkämö, T et al doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt100.
Cognitive, emotional, and social benefits of regular musical activities in early dementia
Compared with usual care, both singing & music listening improved mood, orientation, remote episodic memory, also attention & executive function. #neuroskyence

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Neuroscience and music @rineuron.bsky.social · Mar 15

More efficient for those who were trained vs untrained later in life. A good argument for music education in schools.

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