Another highly interesting book: This is Your Brain on Music, Daniel Leviton, published by Dutton 2006. It is great follow up to the other books I have been reading: Edelman's Second Nature and Pert's Molecules of emotion. This one however is specifically focused on the music aspects of the brain, both in performance and in listening. Apparently Leviton has been instrumental in the use of the fMRI in analyzing brains under the influence of music and can state how much and what part of the brain is stimulated by listening to music (current MRI's do not allow for most instruments to be played while undergoing a scan). He draws the conclusion that the motor control aspects of the brain are intimately involved in the listening process, which is very interesting and draws me to a second comment.
On the Discover Channel I caught a glimpse of a program called, IIRC, Weird Science. One segment covered the transference of memories claimed by transplant patients, and the doctor( didn't get the name) was explaining that the muscle masses have many neurons which may hold memories. This ties in to Pert's assertion that the endorphins and other chemicals stimulating the brain are often produced at the site of stimulation as the the neural transference mechanisms are too slow for many instinctive reactions. It ties in to Edelman's thesis in that the human brains is an associative organ, tying many parts of both brain and body to create a unified organism. We are all familiar with muscle memory but apparently that muscle memory has associations in the brain which further stimulate certain memories. What is fascinating is that this association may partially explain the the issues which plague sighted and true blind testing and comparisons.
It is all very interesting
Stu
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Topic - further readings - unclestu 12:11:30 06/04/10 (80)
- Whoops! - unclestu 11:52:59 06/07/10 (0)
- Leviton is a good example of good applied physiology. - Enophile 21:39:12 06/05/10 (0)
- RE: further readings - May Belt 11:29:36 06/05/10 (1)
- Microvita - Tony Lauck 10:54:17 06/08/10 (0)
- Phantom limbs, memory and the extended mind (rather long) - geoffkait 10:53:27 06/05/10 (75)
- The article ties in nicely with the theory of "audio remediation," as well. - Enophile 21:33:56 06/05/10 (74)
- RE: The article ties in nicely with the theory of "audio remediation," as well. - May Belt 10:37:38 06/06/10 (73)
- The local sales force seems riled up by the theory of remediation. - Enophile 11:08:52 06/06/10 (72)
- I debated a while - unclestu 14:26:12 06/14/10 (71)
- "To not be able to hear certain things should not be construed as a insult." I agree. - Enophile 17:36:34 06/19/10 (69)
- RE: "I'm also in favor of tweaking actual gear!" - geoffkait 10:11:27 06/22/10 (68)
- rainbow foil - unclestu 14:05:57 06/25/10 (65)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - geoffkait 05:37:06 06/26/10 (16)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - unclestu 18:08:52 07/12/10 (6)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - geoffkait 04:34:25 07/17/10 (5)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - rick_m 07:42:24 07/17/10 (4)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - geoffkait 08:14:32 07/17/10 (3)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - rick_m 09:35:00 07/17/10 (2)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - geoffkait 10:17:38 07/17/10 (1)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - rick_m 13:56:46 07/17/10 (0)
- RE: Piezoelectric crystals - rick_m 06:51:19 06/29/10 (8)
- Always nice to hear from someone - geoffkait 10:59:41 06/29/10 (7)
- Sonny.... - rick_m 12:27:45 06/29/10 (6)
- No worries, Rick M, Geoffie is just trolling you. - Enophile 08:27:34 06/30/10 (1)
- What, me worry? - rick_m 20:11:45 06/30/10 (0)
- You may call me Sunny - geoffkait 14:09:16 06/29/10 (3)
- Rick - unclestu 18:16:07 07/12/10 (2)
- RE: Cluster of tourmaline - geoffkait 05:30:07 07/13/10 (1)
- RE: Cluster of tourmaline - rick_m 07:02:53 07/13/10 (0)
- RE: rainbow foil - geoffkait 03:55:02 06/26/10 (44)
- RE: rainbow foil - unclestu 18:10:27 07/12/10 (43)
- RE: rainbow foil - geoffkait 10:32:50 07/13/10 (42)
- That's funny - unclestu 17:49:30 07/16/10 (41)
- RE: This is funnier - geoffkait 05:20:03 07/17/10 (40)
- So.... - unclestu 18:20:54 07/21/10 (39)
- RE: So.... - May Belt 04:42:25 07/22/10 (10)
- RE: Sound science - geoffkait 04:57:55 07/22/10 (9)
- RE: Sound science - rick_m 07:41:33 07/22/10 (8)
- RE: Sound science - geoffkait 08:03:37 07/22/10 (7)
- RE: Sound science - rick_m 10:12:44 07/22/10 (6)
- RE: "Arm waving" Huh? - geoffkait 10:34:54 07/22/10 (5)
- Huh? - unclestu 16:15:28 07/22/10 (4)
- RE: "Anyone put more into explaining the tweaks? Don't make me laugh." - geoffkait 17:18:36 07/22/10 (3)
- Yeah - unclestu 15:50:05 07/23/10 (2)
- RE: "I've read your stuff but it doesn't hold sense in the world I live in." - geoffkait 04:02:52 07/24/10 (1)
- OK "scientist" - unclestu 18:35:18 07/26/10 (0)
- RE: "I seriously doubt if the Belts actually make their own foil." - geoffkait 04:00:21 07/22/10 (27)
- You are avoiding the issue - unclestu 16:13:22 07/22/10 (26)
- RE: You are avoiding the issue - May Belt 04:43:55 07/23/10 (24)
- My point exactly - unclestu 18:37:27 07/26/10 (23)
- RE: My point exactly - May Belt 10:46:05 07/28/10 (22)
- RE: My point exactly - unclestu 22:00:41 07/28/10 (21)
- RE: My point exactly - May Belt 11:48:19 07/29/10 (20)
- Interesting - unclestu 17:07:33 08/02/10 (19)
- RE: Interesting - May Belt 04:25:22 08/05/10 (0)
- RE: "Why 320 Hz?" - geoffkait 10:05:46 08/04/10 (17)
- Funny - unclestu 00:05:43 08/05/10 (3)
- RE: Not so Funny - geoffkait 03:36:45 08/05/10 (2)
- Your leap to - unclestu 17:46:36 08/11/10 (1)
- RE: Mysticism - geoffkait 03:07:56 08/12/10 (0)
- RE: "Why 320 Hz?" - rick_m 11:03:54 08/04/10 (12)
- RE: "What books?" - geoffkait 11:16:29 08/04/10 (11)
- RE: "What books?" - rick_m 21:55:36 08/04/10 (3)
- Pop Quiz - geoffkait 08:14:32 08/06/10 (2)
- Yawn... back to morphic resonance, - unclestu 17:49:19 08/04/10 (6)
- RE: Molecular biologists - geoffkait 04:37:10 08/05/10 (0)
- RE: Yawn... back to morphic resonance, - May Belt 04:21:40 08/05/10 (4)
- The beauty of science - unclestu 15:40:59 08/06/10 (3)
- RE: The beauty of science - May Belt 04:06:12 08/07/10 (2)
- RE: "Unless Peter and May have super natural powers, I would simply conclude their process can be replicated." - geoffkait 17:07:32 07/22/10 (0)
- RE: rainbow foil - May Belt 22:05:48 06/25/10 (2)
- Uh, oh. Better read Geoff's reply. - Enophile 12:56:40 06/28/10 (1)
- RE: Uh, oh. Better read Geoff's reply. - May Belt 05:04:47 07/01/10 (0)
- It varies: which tweak claims to be the result of fictional subconcious universal evolutionary forces? - Enophile 21:17:39 06/22/10 (1)
- RE:"And which one actually affects the gear?" I get, it, now, you're superstitious. - geoffkait 16:06:10 06/23/10 (0)
- RE: I debated a while - rick_m 11:43:49 06/16/10 (0)