From exploring the neuroscience behind the music-evoked emotions
to debunking the “Mozart Effect,” we have seen a plethora of exciting research that is bridging the world between music and science. And there is further evidence that music is becoming a very integral part in the future of neuroscience. An increasing number of labs are devoting their research to music and the effects it has on the brain, and several institutions have even specially devoted departments and facilities towards music-neuroscience research...
There's a new development in Alzheimer's treatment: Connecticut resident Eric Knight recently received a patent for his electro-magnetic field (EMF)-inducing headset, which uses radio waves to treat this formidable disease.
Alzheimer’s is characterized by beta-amyloid plaque buildup that interferes with and even disables nerve signaling. Beta-amyloid buildup leads to what scientists call “tangles.” In healthy brain tissue, the brain’s transport system is comprised of parallel rows of tissue...
THE ALARMIST PHRASE "HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR?" used to be reserved for those “Is This Image Real or Fake?” ads on Myspace showing a horse with a shark’s head. Nowadays however, we may have finally reached the point where we must seriously ask whether or not science has overstepped its ethical boundaries...
EVER HEARD THE PHRASE, “MOZART MAKES BABIES SMART!”?
Since its inception, this claim has scattered like dandelion seeds. It is the basis of million dollar franchises such as Baby Einstein, a company that makes DVDs and products with classical music and other forms of art that are “proven” to help promote cognitive development in children.
Where did this blown-up myth come from?
In the 1990s, 36 students in a study at the University of California at Irvine listened to 10 minutes of a...