That’s the headline. I suspect the devil is in the detail so I’ll have to go to the primary source.
What does ‘always’ mean in this context for example.
Still…
G
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I imagine always means regularly.
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It will be interesting to see if particular genres fared better than others.
.sjb
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I believe Russian Techno has beneficial effects all round.
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podcast on the wonderful music website “now spinning”
has some really good advice and information
Stephen
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One can never tell. If the research was rigorous it may indeed be ‘always’.
G
I’ve always found it fascinating that we can remember music very accurately and know what’s coming next, whether it’s rhythms, melodies or other aspects. The same just doesn’t happen with dialogue or the written word, at least not in the same way or perhaps not for me.
There must be something special about how our memory for music works.
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And increase it by 100% if you listen to hard rock.
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There has been some interesting research in music recall in the head. Does the “sound” stem from within the inner ear or from the music muscle memory within the mind/brain ?
As someone with strong ear worms this has always puzzled me.
Play me a strong heavily distorted D diminished 5th and I will recall that as startlingly as that barmy august evening playing babmington nude…
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My mother had Lewy Body dementia and spent her last 6 months in a vegetative state induced by drugs.Every afternoon i was there and bought her an mp3 player and headphones. When playin’ her favourite classic music she was coming back to life. When playin’ concertos she was clapping her hands with the recorded audience at the end of the performances.
Music……..
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I’ve probably posted this before on this site, but no matter. When I lost my father to Alzheimer’s the very last thing to go — in the end the only communication I had with him - was when I started singing songs from the Great American Songbook and he joined in. During his last weeks of hospice-style care, I had a mp3 disc I’d assembled of Fitzgerald and Sinatra playing on repeat.
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What a wonderful thing you (and @jegreenwood) did for your parents. My father-in-law died with Lewy body dementia and it is a horrible disease. To have brought so much peace and pleasure to their final days is heart warming and heart breaking in equal measure.
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The funny side of the thing is that i saw dementia patients treated with music on Youtube. I had to dispute with doctors and neurologists about it.
In the end i decided to do it without permission and i hope i gave her some relief from the black hole she fell in.
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I have noticed this myself with some individuals I know who have (or had) dementia. For some reason, live music is especially effective, even if the performer has less than stellar skills.
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If you are not already familiar with the book then I recommend “This is your brain on Music – The Science of Human Obsession” by Daniel Levitin. It seems that virtually the entire brain, especially the subconscious, is involved in listening or hearing music. After reading this I am very suspicious of people who say “I trust my ears”. Our ears have almost nothing to do with it. We all listen with our brains – and a good deal of ‘distortion’ creeps in that way.