Music - a universal language, as any human brain, it acts the same way Bashny.Net

When listening to the same melody different students show similar patterns of brain activity, with the similarity is evident not only in respect of areas related to the processing of sound, but also in areas responsible for attention, memory and movement.

Of course, some prefer rock, and others - Bach, but at least some elements of the sound seem universal: for example, happiness, anger and other emotions are expressed in the same key in different musical cultures.

To prove this, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, Daniel Abrams has put 17 people in a functional MRI scanner imaging and examined their brain activity as they listened to the baroque symphony of English composer William Boyce. Note that all subjects with childhood listening to modern music.

It turned out that while listening to the "earned" area of ​​the brain responsible for movement. Dr. Abrams noted that "in the evolution of human music was traditionally used in conjunction with synchronized movements and dance." The response fraction, responsible for memory and attention can mean that people are so track musical passages.

via factroom.ru