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...long as humans have pounded drums and plucked strings, listening to music has affected people's sense of well-being, lifting their spirits and - as new research shows - calming their nerves. Literally. According to a study at Cleveland Clinic, music can slow the neuronal firings deep within the brain during surgery designed to treat Parkinson's patients...
...medical community has long been interested in how the brain is affected by music. Historically, however, most research was linked to the cortex, the brain's outer layer, which is associated with functions like memory, consciousness and abstract thought...
...predominantly with Parkinson's, listened to three musical selections - rhythmic music with no discernible melody (by Gyorgi Ligeti, of Stanley Kubrick-movie fame), melodic music with undefined rhythm (by Aaron Jay Kernis, a Pulitzer Prize winner) and something in between (Ludwig van Beethoven). In the later stages of the research, to prevent familiarity from swaying the subjects' responses, music was specifically composed for the study by students from the Cleveland Institute of Music...
...This is an important advance, but they’re at the fifty yard line, and need to reach the goal,” said Irving Weissman, professor for clinical investigation in cancer research and professor of developmental biology at Stanford University. “Now that [they have the cells], they need to see how the neurons degenerate...
Just last month in her welcoming remarks, University President Drew G. Faust reaffirmed the University’s commitment to research and teaching but cautioned that Harvard will need to “look hard” at hiring practices and reevaluate the importance of filling each vacancy...