celticana.net http://celticana.net Music & Programs Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:25:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Music Activates the Brain http://celticana.net/music-activates-the-brain/ http://celticana.net/music-activates-the-brain/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:51:08 +0000 Celticanam http://celticana.net/?p=318 A recent study by Finnish scientists shows that listening to music doesn’t just activate the auditory areas of your brain, it also activates the motor areas, showing the strong link between movement and music, and activates the limbic system (our emotional center.)
Gleaned from Vi Wickham’s music website:
We know that music makes us want to dance, and we know that music can make us smile or cry, and now we have substantiated scientific demonstration of this on a physical neurological basis.

Read the Article on Science Daily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205081731.htm#.Tt_-kYbtl7I.email

Abstract of the Study:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811911013000

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