Effects of Music

[skankinmello]

I've moved to Oregon about a month ago, and unlike my school in California, this school requires a senior project. Well I have about 2 months to complete it, but I need some help.
My research paper is about how music effects us. Intellectually, emotionally, and so on. Problem is; I need 4 sources to find information. My main source for this information is the internet, I need more sources. So if you can help me in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Ryan H. Turner]

This may not be the best response you'd ever get, but I recently did a talk at my church about just this subject. My sources were church related as well as from medical and psychological sources...but I'm confused about what you mean you need four sources. The internet itself is just a medium...the SOURCE is whatever article or paper or dissertation you're reading. I found about...ohhhhh... A BILLION!!!! There's NO lack of sources about this subject...it's quite huge.

[bari_benzo]

hmm... there's a study out there somewhere about how musics is one of the only subjects that requires use of both sides of the brain (ggod thing to look for). Personal interviews would work great too for personal experiences (If you're near Portland, you can interview me ). But also go to a library. Tones of magazine and newspaper articles on music experiences. DCI.org also has a few stories in archives.

Good luck on the paper

[vore]

You can begin by visiting your local university, college, or community college music departments. Almost every music teacher at this level can give you a lot of advice and materials on your quest.

Just to give you one easy source, check out the website for the Music Educators National Conference. Many articles and research on what you are seeking including the "use of the left and right hemisphere of the brain." (No need to reinvent the wheel..)

Another quick source is to visit your high school administration and ask for the State of Oregon Performing Arts Handbook for Public School Curriculum... (or something similar to that title) The music educators of Oregon have already put in writing the very thing you are seeking. All states have their own curriculum guide.

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[jacjar1]

Go to these sites they just posted a lot of facts concerning music also there is a RCC study and I believe an Redlands study on music and its effects on society.

http://www.bands.org/public/businessmed ... upport.asp

http://www.musica.uci.edu/

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musics ... l#research

http://www.supportmusic.com/

http://music-for-all.org/resources.html

http://www.yamahaadvantage.com/

I have thes avialable as I am doing an article on music and its advantages for students...have fun and good luck

[skankinmello]

...but I'm confused about what you mean you need four sources. The internet itself is just a medium...the SOURCE is whatever article or paper or dissertation you're reading. I found about...ohhhhh... A BILLION!!!! There's NO lack of sources about this subject...it's quite huge.

What I mean by sources is like a book source, a magazine source, newspaper source, information from something other than the internet, which I'm currently getting a lot of my information from.

Thanks guys, you gave some really helpful advice on how to find more sources.

Personal interviews would work great too for personal experiences (If you're near Portland, you can interview me

I actually do have to do an interview and I'm not too far from Portland... but I'm not sure, I'll keep you posted.

[bari_benzo]

Yay! A possible extra ciricular activity!

[jacjar1]

keep us up to date on what you find out.

[skankinmello]

It's turning out to be pretty interesting. Mostly I'm coming across information about how music affects us emotionally, which can be really evident.
And the Mozart effect, isn't so effective. But I'm not to sure on that one because I've only came across a couple articles on that, the co-author of the original study said she didn't think anyone would care, implying she could have made most of it up.
Also other studies show that music effects us intellectually. Student A has been studying music for 7 years, while student B has never taken a music class before. Student A scores higher on the SAT's then student B by 57 points on the verbal portion and 41 points on the mathmatical portion. This also supports the study that shows that taking a music course increases verbal abilities.
Music is used in therapy to help relax a patient. Music encourages the release of endorphins, so doctors are using this to... duh, help thier patient relax.
It is also linked to memory, cognitively. An individual has a special attachment to a cetain kind of music bring back memories and emotions from the past. So music is being used to help Parkinson's patients and studies have shown that it's effective in helping in there everyday life.
That's basically my summary. It's coming along smoothly. But I'm being docked points because I haven't gotten around too finding other sources so that's on me. But I think this is turning out to be really great.
Thanks for the help.

[jacjar1]

Thats really good. Thanks for the update. keep pluggin away

[jacjar1]

Thats really good. Thanks for the update. keep pluggin away

[skankinmello]

Rhiana
May 02, 2004
Senior Project Research Paper
Effects of Music
As we progress in the world we are starting to understand our body, mind, and surroundings much more than before. We are discovering how everyday matters can in-fact, effect us in ways that will benefit future generations.
Scientists and researchers suggest that music can affect us emotionally, helping us feel better or worse, excited or calm. They also insist that studying music can improve intellectual stimulation. Researchers say that students that study music have improved test scores and have faster thinking skills, relative to those who do not study music. Researchers also suggest that music affects our behavior, and motor effects.
Knowing how music benefits us, we can help future generations to be healthier, more intellectual, and happier.

Music has been shown to take emotional effect on humans. The general trend of music shows that fast pace music arouses people while slow moving music takes the opposite effect. We can notice this without being educated on this subject. (Hallam) Researchers V. Stratton and A. Zalansbush are saying it doesn’t matter what the tempo of the music is, or what style, be it rock, pop, country, classical, or jazz, the music helps put people in a better mood. Listening to music encourages the release of endorphins, which will blunt the feeling of pain, helping people feel better. (Denoon)

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Other researchers suggest that emotional responses to music are responsible cognitively, through memories and knowledge of the music being heard. Our conscious responses are affects by our previous experiences with music, the music experience being determined by age, culture, events, activities, and persons. Each of us has a unique memory attached to each musical experience, so accurate predictions are difficult to tell how one person may react. (Hallam)
Since the general trend is there, doctors can use musical assistance to sooth their patients. As music encourages the release of endorphins the patient is relieve. Some doctors are already practicing this in therapy by playing music while performing on the patient to help the patient relax, and is found affective. “In certain patients music may ease ailment, such as insomnia, muscle tension, chronic pain, and depression.” (Music Therapy)

More research has shown that students that study music are more intellectual than students that don’t study music. The techniques that are taught in music are shown to come up later when learning other skills, so they are prepared to learning it. Test scores, in those who have study music, have shown to be higher than those who have not. For example with the SAT tests, music scholars exceed their peers that do not study music by 41 points in the math proportion and 57 points in the verbal proportion. This is due to the intellectual stimulation that music provides to students. (Profile of SAT)
This also supports research that has shown that music lessons boost verbal memory. “Findings suggest the experiences that activate and alter a region of the brain
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may improve performance in other tasks supported by that area, much in the same way cross training boosts athletic performance.” (Warner)
The study showed that students with music training retained more vocabulary than others, and these skills showed an increase with how many years they had studied music. Another study showed even students that have only studied music for one year had a significant increase in vocabulary, relative to the time before they started a music course. (Warner)
Researches say if we can learn more about how music training improves memory we can help rehabilitating people with memory loss, such as patients with Alzheimer’s. Memory may be provided through music therapy to make life easier for those patients. (Prickett)

Many researchers believe that the music of Mozart increases short-term spatial-temporal reasoning enhancement (temporary increase of basic intelligence), because of what the studies were showing. This is called the Mozart’s Effect. A study showed that college students that listened to music of Mozart rather than sitting in silence experienced a significant increase in their spatial IQ scores. Other studies showed the same results. Some researchers are spectacle and suggest there be more research done. Still people are researching this subject and still believe that Mozart’s music is effective, but are just looking for the evidence. (Rausher)
Research also shows that music can help Parkinson’s disease patients as a therapy to help them move faster and make them happier. Parkinson’s disease is an incurable
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nervous system disease that makes it difficult to walk, move and also has traits of uncontrollable tremors. Researches conducted a study with patients that had mild-to-
moderate disabilities due to Parkinson’s. The patients were split into two groups. One group had weekly physical therapy; the other had weekly music sessions, consisting of listening to music, moving to it rhythmically and creating music. Patients reported that while physical therapy eased stiffness it didn’t have a lasting effect all day. Music therapy reported an all day effect. Their daily tasks improved, such as getting dressed, and cutting up food. (Morelli)
Researchers say this could be because of their emotional response to the music, because music brings back old memories cognitively. Parkinson’s patients have to bring the unconscious into the conscious. For example: the patients can’t ride a bike with out thinking about the details and instructions, as well as their own bodily functions, to move their leg in a cycling pattern, with out thinking about. Although for persons without Parkinson’s disease, they can remember how to do these things, as simple as riding a bike, but Parkinson’s patients have to bring simple tasks to their conscious. Researchers suggest that music helps them remember these simple tasks, cognitively; making it easier to for these patients to live as well as they are able to.

Other studies that were conducted shows that music can also stimulate out workout. In one study researchers examined how different tempos can change the intensity and performance of our exercise. Results show that as tempo increased so did

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the intensity of the workout. The increase of the intensity was not a very large increase, but a significant impact nonetheless. (Warner)
Music affects us emotionally, helping us be happier. It affects us intellectually, helping us improve our minds. It affects our behavior, our exercise and the people we care for, and there are still ways that music we listen to and create assists us that are still being found out. Knowing how music benefits us, we can help future generations to be healthier, more intellectual, and happier.



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Works Cited
Denoon, Daniel. “Music Improves Mood.” WebMD Health. Oct. 22, 2003. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/75/89849 March 31, 2004
Hallam, Susan. “The Power of Music.” The Power of Music. 2000. http://www.thepowerofmusic.co.uk March 11, 2004.
Morelli, Jim. “Music Helps Movement, Mood in Parkinson’s Patients.” WebMD Health. June 22, 2000. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/25/1728_58610 March 31, 2004
Music Therapy. Body Bulletin, Feb. 2002, Vol. 3 Issue 2.
Prickett, C.A. & Moore R.S. (1991) “The Use of Music to Aid Memory of Alzheimer’s Patients.” Journal of Music Therapy, 28 (2) 101-110
Profile of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, compiled by Music Educators National Conference, 2001.
Rausher, Frances. Billboard, Oct. 15, 1999. Volume 106, Issue 42, p10.
Warner, Jennifer. “Music Lessons Boost Verbal Memory.” WebMD Health. July 28, 2003. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/71/81414
Warner, Jennifer. “Upbeat Music Boosts Exercise Intensity.” WebMD Health. Oct. 17, 2003. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/75/89815

[vore]

A good start to an endless topic...

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