The Effect Music Has on the Brain
Your Brain on Music LaShea Way Introduction to Behavioral Science BEH-221-4621 Western International University Professor Clifford Marshall October 25, 2012
Abstract Music has been around for centuries and centuries. We have heard that different types of music can be helpful and harmful. There are so many genres of music out there and it continues to grow. This research will look at studies done on music and how it effects and influences us and the Human Behavior.
The Effect music has on the brain There have been many studies done on music and how or if it affects your brain, whether positively or negatively. There is no direct answer to this but we will take a look at why that is and the variety of reasons. 7 years ago, when I became pregnant I tried something that is fairly common amongst new moms that I had heard about. I put on classical music and placed earphones on my belly. Like most moms I did not research the benefits or if what the rumors said were true. The idea behind this method was “If you play music while you’re pregnant so the baby can hear it, your baby will be smart”. Janet DiPietro a psychologist for the University of California at Irvine says “There are no studies done on the effects of stimulation before birth on intelligence, creativity, or later development”. However a study has been done on older children in who have had music lessons. Scientists at the Chinese University in Hong Kong, whose research was published in the journal Nature in 1998, say kids who have at least six years of music lessons before the age of 12 learn more words than those who go without. (Robledo). The Psychology of Music
“Studies indicate that music can have profound physical and psychological effects not only on people but also on animals and plants”. (Copley, 2008 sec. 1). In 1997 a high school student by the name of David Merrill conducted a study for his school science project using mice,
Abstract Music has been around for centuries and centuries. We have heard that different types of music can be helpful and harmful. There are so many genres of music out there and it continues to grow. This research will look at studies done on music and how it effects and influences us and the Human Behavior.
The Effect music has on the brain There have been many studies done on music and how or if it affects your brain, whether positively or negatively. There is no direct answer to this but we will take a look at why that is and the variety of reasons. 7 years ago, when I became pregnant I tried something that is fairly common amongst new moms that I had heard about. I put on classical music and placed earphones on my belly. Like most moms I did not research the benefits or if what the rumors said were true. The idea behind this method was “If you play music while you’re pregnant so the baby can hear it, your baby will be smart”. Janet DiPietro a psychologist for the University of California at Irvine says “There are no studies done on the effects of stimulation before birth on intelligence, creativity, or later development”. However a study has been done on older children in who have had music lessons. Scientists at the Chinese University in Hong Kong, whose research was published in the journal Nature in 1998, say kids who have at least six years of music lessons before the age of 12 learn more words than those who go without. (Robledo). The Psychology of Music
“Studies indicate that music can have profound physical and psychological effects not only on people but also on animals and plants”. (Copley, 2008 sec. 1). In 1997 a high school student by the name of David Merrill conducted a study for his school science project using mice,