The biology of music
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There is some understanding of how and why music affects people. Musical abilities are separate from language, as is shown by cases of people with limited brain damage, who may retail musical skills while losing speech. There are different tasks involved in processing music, such as tune recognition, and recognizing wrong notes. The right hemisphere of the brain appears to play a greater role in processing music than the left hemisphere. Trained musicians respond differently to music than untrained people, and responses to harmonic music are different from responses to rhythmical music.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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Growing hope
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The possible effect of antidepressants in stimulating brain cell growth is examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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Navigating your mind
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Developments in research on mapping details of the human brain are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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