The focus of this article is how music/music therapy can lead to improved brain function in patients who are in a vegetative state or a minimally conscious state. According to the article‚ vegetative state is defined as “a state in which patients exhibit a lack of awareness of external stimuli‚ but with preservation of sleep–wake cycles and vital vegetative functions (such as cardiac action‚ respiration and maintenance of blood pressure) while remaining completely unaware of both self and environment”(Okumura
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MUSIC Music seems to play an important role in the lives of many individuals. It is used for entertainment in listening and performing. It can bring about an array of emotions such as joy‚ sadness‚ passion and love to name a few. Music is used to soothe the grieving‚ set the mood for romance‚ reduce stress and lift the spirits of many. Overall‚ music serves an important purpose in the lives of many individuals and is used to set the mood in a variety of situations. Music is significant to the
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Technology in the lives of Teenagers Kevin Palmieri Friday Sept. 26‚ 2008 ENG 4U Ms. Murray Introduction Technology in the lives of teenagers: for better or for the worse? According to Jake Willard‚ an established English teacher at West Mount Secondary School‚ “Teenagers now are far more obsessed with technology- they cannot be without their cell phone or iPod” (Willard). This topic was chosen because from personal experience‚ students appear to be more disruptive and unfocused in the classroom
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through the 1930’s without music. The people who listened to the music said it was their way of life (Microsoft music). Music helped people forget about all the bad and horrible things going on around them‚ it let them escape their day to day troubles if just for a little while. The kind of music most people listened to was the high beat "Swing". Swing was said to have been born in 1938 when Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers recorded "George Swing" (Microsoft music). Others say it started
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Depression among teenagers in Hong Kong Every year many teenagers die not because of accidents or illness‚ but by themselves. According to a study (2008) conducted by the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong‚ 1 in every 12 juvenile adolescents suffer from major depression. The report said about 2.1 million teens aged 12 to 17 experienced a major depressive episode in the past year. For almost half of the teens‚ depression drastically reduced their abilities to deal with aspects of their daily
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There are many social problems that teenagers go through. The most recognised problems are teenage drinking and driving‚ and teen suicide. These two social behaviours teenagers go through are the leading causes of teenage death. Alcohol‚ the most widely used and abused drug among youth‚ causes serious and potentially life-threatening problems for this population. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Society faces several questions‚ like why do teens drink‚ what
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but out of the Vietnam war‚ we got good music. John Lennon writes in the song Mind Games “I want you to make love‚ not war‚ I know you’ve heard it before.” People began protesting the vietnam war‚ as a result “protest music” became very prominent. During and after the Vietnam War formed peoples’ opinions of the war‚ it established a way of life for people‚ it was their everything. This way of life confused the older generations. As a result of protest music‚ we had led to what became known as “the
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WHY TEENAGER SMOKES CIGARETTES “Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health‚” it is the label found in cigarette packs. Most people start smoking when they are in their teens and been addicted when the time they reach adulthood. Some tried to quit but returned to cigarettes because smoking is such a strong addiction. There are lots of reasons why teens smoke‚ it’s usually start for one reason or another and then it is really hard to quit. Cigarettes are widely available at any places and it’s
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Causes of Stress in Teenagers Stress is defined as an applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body; mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting conditions occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health. Teenagers today have a lot of stress because of a lot of different reasons. Family struggles with parents‚ fighting to grow up and be a part of the community around them‚ Experiencing many new things for the first time
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actions to indicate the oppression teenagers suffered right now. Evidence like “clean up your looks‚” “watch all the things you do‚” “got methods of keeping you clean” and “rip up your heads” clearly show what kind of oppression teenagers have and what they need to resist. Adults are trying to make teenagers fit the “good standards” created by them. Good teenagers should be innocent‚ be obedient‚ study hard and so on. What’s more‚ adults are ready to find out teenagers’ mistakes at any time so that they
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