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| ArticleTitle | Music and brain |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Makoto Iwata |
| Affiliation | Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 28 (1), 17-22, 2012 |
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| Abstract | The origin of music can be traced back to the prehistoric era when the Cromagnons were drawing pictures on the wall of caves. Varieties of musical instruments have been discovered from the ancient remains of the Cromagnon people. They are thought to have danced in front of the cave pictures playing music and singing songs. Music is generally believed to be a good measure of healing worried souls. But, since music is strongly connected with the past memories of each individual, there are people whose dreadful past memories could be evoked with particular music just like flash-back phenomenon in PTSD. Musical expression is abstract in nature and do not need to be decoded into concrete meanings. This is the reason why musical inputs can directly evoke emotional changes and physical movements in music listeners. |
| Keywords | music, instrument, healing, emotion, physical movement |
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