Wiki: "The Symphonies of the Planets series, a collection of works by NASA and Brain/Mind Research in which planetary electromagnetic waves are captured by the Voyager unmanned space probes and converted into audible sound, can also be considered an organic manifestation of dark ambient."
Showing posts with label sound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sound. Show all posts
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, January 7, 2011
Jonathan's Cochlear Implant Activation 8 months old, right ear
What a beautiful gift thanks to technology we can witness in real time the significance of sound on human understanding and well being!
absolutely breathtaking
absolutely breathtaking
Monday, December 27, 2010
Musicians Less Likely to Experience Age-Related Changes in the Auditory Cortex
ScienceDaily
Nov. 16, 2010
"During periods of attentive listening, the auditory cortices of older musicians responded the same as those of younger adults, whereas older non-musicians showed typical age-related changes. The researchers note that the musicians spend much of their time paying attention to the details of sound, and this experience may be important for sparing auditory cortex responses."
"Our findings suggest that musical training, which is widely available, may enhance neural connections in the auditory cortex and thus might be useful in preventing age-related changes that contribute to hearing difficulties" Benjamin Zendel
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101116100320.htm
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
"God particle signal is simulated as sound"
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News
Highlights: "The process of converting scientific data into sounds is called sonification."
"The aim is to give physicists at the LHC another way to analyse their data. The sonification team believes that ears are better suited than eyes to pick out the subtle changes that might indicate the detection of a new particle."
"We can hear clear structures in the sound, almost as if they had been composed. They seem to tell a little story all to themselves. They're so dynamic and shifting all the time, it does sound like a lot of the music that you hear in contemporary composition"
hoped the particle collisions at Cern would "reveal something new and something important about the nature of the Universe".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10385675
Science correspondent, BBC News
Highlights: "The process of converting scientific data into sounds is called sonification."
"The aim is to give physicists at the LHC another way to analyse their data. The sonification team believes that ears are better suited than eyes to pick out the subtle changes that might indicate the detection of a new particle."
"We can hear clear structures in the sound, almost as if they had been composed. They seem to tell a little story all to themselves. They're so dynamic and shifting all the time, it does sound like a lot of the music that you hear in contemporary composition"
hoped the particle collisions at Cern would "reveal something new and something important about the nature of the Universe".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10385675
Sunday, May 30, 2010
"Brian Eno and The Microsoft Sound"
Highlights: "In 1994 Microsoft corporation designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project... the agency said, "We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah- blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional," this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said "and it must be 31/4 seconds long.
http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=7504
http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=7504
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
"Auditory Neurons In Humans Far More Sensitive To Fine Sound Frequencies Than Most Mammals"
Does this not imply that sound and music are crucial to the evolution of consciousness?
Highlights: "The results surprised the researchers. A single auditory neuron from humans showed an amazing sensitivity to distinguish between very subtle frequency differences, down to a tenth of an octave. This compared to a sensitivity of about one octave in the cat, about a third of an octave on average in rats, and half to one octave in the macaque.
"This is remarkable selectivity," said Fried, who is also the co-director of UCLA's Seizure Disorder Center. "It is indeed a mystery why such resolution in humans came to be. Why did we develop this? Such selectivity is not needed for speech comprehension, but it may have a role in musical skill. The three percent frequency differences that can be detected by single neurons may explain the fact that even musically untrained people can detect such frequency differences."
"There is also evidence that frequency discrimination in humans correlates with various cognitive skills, including working memory and the capability to learn, but more research is needed to clarify this puzzle."
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Medical science needs your brain
After reading Robert Jourdain's Music, the Brain and Ecstasy I found myself carried away by the uncertainty lying in the tangle of nerves at the nape of my neck. The transformation of vibration to sound, from information to understanding, is but a mystical light show to our primitive eyes. Once I realized that the answer to my burning questions could not be seen alive (with current affordable technology) I quickly called my mother and told her with grave persistence.... if anything happens to me, donate my brain to music science.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/today/tomfeilden/2009/01/medical_science_needs_your_bra.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/today/tomfeilden/2009/01/medical_science_needs_your_bra.html
Monday, May 24, 2010
Loud music prolongs ecstasy's effects on the brain
by Charnicia Huggins
Highlights: "In the absence of the loud music, low doses of MDMA did not affect the rats' brain activity compared with rats given placebo. When combined with the loud music, however, low doses of the drug were associated with decreased brain activity, the report indicates...
Long-term experiments showed that the reduced brain activity among rats given the higher dose of the drug persisted for up to five days, the researchers note. Brain activity returned to normal after one day in rats given a similar dose of the drug who were not exposed to the loud music."
http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_16144.shtml
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Singing 'rewires' damaged brain
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