Nardine Samuel
Mr. Pagnani
Speech
3 February 2017
Informative Speech: Music and its effects of the brain
Did you know that music is one of the few activities that utilizes the whole entire brain? Did you know that music can physically alter your brain structure? Today I am going to be talking about the power of music and its impacts and effects on the brain. Throughout my whole life I have always had a passion for music of all different types and genres. I listen to music wherever I go and during whatever I’m doing. My mom would continually badger me about the music I was listening to and how it was corrupting my brain. After much research and many songs later, I discovered it actually has many positive effects on the brain. In the rest
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We all want to be more productive because an increase in productivity leads to better grades. Now who doesn’t want better grades? According to the New York Times, many people use music to make a repetitive job more interesting or energetic. Some of the more melodious music out there can help release much higher amounts of dopamine which is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers. By rewarding the mind we allow our mind to be happy which increases our focus and keeps us in the present moment. Business Insider tells us which songs help us the most. Many different songs have the power of benefitting us such as songs we enjoy and even music without lyrics. Songs that we enjoy make us feel better and like mentioned before, when we feel good we have more of a tendency to finish our work more efficiently. Music without any lyrics help us because the absence of words is less distracting. According to a Cambridge study, “speech distracts about 48% of office workers”. So next time you get off track or distracted, try listening to some music. In addition to improving your immune system and your productivity, let’s talk about music and the improvements of your memory. Ever wonder why you can remember a song you listened to in 2005 but not the math lesson you learned 2 days ago. Here’s why. The National Library of Medicine discusses
I listen to music everyday. No matter where I go theres always music playing; the stores, church, car, etc. Music is a part of my daily life. It motivates me to do and finsih things. I can’t do my homework without listening to music otherwise I begin to procastinate. “A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our
In recent years, scientists have begun to do extensive research on the brains of individuals. Surprisingly, the brain only makes up two percent of a person’s mass but uses around twenty percent of the whole body’s energy and oxygen (Alban, 2016, para. 9). Although the brains of humans process sound in the auditory cortex, studies have shown that music boosts areas of the brain that are more closely associated with memory, emotions, and fine motor skills (Theismann, 2015, para. 4). Because of this association, music has major impacts on the brains of babies, children, and the elderly.
Now to explain the second effect which is Music affects the brain. Let me explain what i mean by that. Music activities many sections of the brains these explain the benefits from listing to music. Music enhances intelligence, learning, and IQ for example listening to music or playing an instrument enhances reading skills, Spatial-temporal reasoning, mathematical abilities, and emotional intelligence. Studies show that listening to music such as classical music while a baby is in the womb allows the baby to do better on test, this is called the Mozart Effect: it has been later proven that listening to any enjoyable music helps the listener do better on test, no matter the age.Studies also show music builds memory training, statistics show
An important topic in psychology for many decades now has been the influence of music on the cognitive processing of the brain. Cognitive processes include attention, memory, producing and understanding language, solving problems, and making decisions. Recent advances in technology have revealed that music has a heavy effect on the brain’s affective, cognitive, and motor components. Evidence has been found to support the idea that music can alter the topography of the brain which improves memory and strengthens the skill of understanding language. This fact is something many educators are beginning to take advantage of. Not only does music improve the aforementioned, it also allows for quick access and recovery of information
The relationship between music and the brain has always intrigued me; why dose listening to music help ease certain task, things we do everyday like driving, leaning, relaxing or working out. I will analyze music and the effect on the brain, from health to physical and mental training. Music has been around sense the beginning of humans, evolving through by culture and time. Nowadays we have a broad selection of choice, and people prefer different genres for certain activities; for example listening to motivational music which is high tempo, inspiring lyrics, catchy melodies, and associated with a bright and up lifting sensation. I have found studies on the idea of using music could help during surgeries, athletics, and learning.
It can be proven, through literary research and personal experiences, that music has a positive effect on learning and memory. It can be concluded that these positive effects have an impact on patients with Alzheimer’s, on the motor skills and auditory memory of mentally disabled children, on students attempting to remember subject manner that they are learning, and on the affectivity of advertisements. On a personal note, music has facilitated my ability to remember things, both positive and negative, a number of times. For example, in high school I memorized the days of the week in French by singing them along with a tune that was already familiar to me. I have also had multiple experiences in which I remember things that I do not want
There is scientific evidence that listening to and playing music increases skills in the brain and musicians are able to apply it to almost anything else in their lives. Neuroscientists have made an incredible breakthrough in seeing how the brain reacts in different situations using real time monitoring with technology such as PET scans. By using these scans, you can see when someone is doing activities such as reading or doing a maths problem, where certain areas of the brain activate on the monitor. However, when the participants listened to music, scientists saw the entire brain engage using multiple areas to take apart the rhythm and melody, then put them back together creating a unified sound in the mind. When listening to music, the brain engages and is able to recognise the sounds, all in a split second. This fascinating result was then compared with the study of those who play music themselves as opposed to just listening to it and it showed that when playing an instrument you are not only engaging your brain but working all the different areas just like exercise would. Even though the research is still new, it has shown the brain can simultaneously process different information at a very fast pace. The parts of the brain that control motor skills, hearing, storing audio information and memory become more active when someone learns an
Many people love music for a number of reasons, but what most people do not realize is that music helps to develop the brain. Studies on the correlation between music and the human brain have been conducted by neuroscientists at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Oregon (Cole). Some studies show how a musician’s brain functions differently compared with a non-musicians with a sequential typing task (Tucker, Nguyen, and Stickgold), while others focus on how the brain physically grows and what areas grow more drastically (Kanako, Eiji, and Shoji). The mind of a musician contains stronger connections between regions, more processing power, and more grey matter than non-musicians. The grey matter allows musicians to process more information
Specefic Rhetorical Purpose: To inform Public Speaking students about the power of music and its effects on the brain.
Music has been apart of society for thousands of years and an outlet for people's stress and other problems they may be facing. It helps the brain function and understand conditions better by breaking it down and trying to comprehend it. Music has made and is still making an impact on the lives of people all around the world. Because of its impact on peoples lives neuroscientist wanted to get to the source and have been looking at the brain to determine the exact effects of music and they can now answer the question, what effects does music have on the brain? Listening to music can send pleasure to your mind, decide your emotions, lower stress, and improve learning.
Music is found everywhere in our world we call earth. We are hearing it everywhere, from the empirical song of a songbird to the roar of a great waterfall. We are surrounded by many different types of music, and has helped many different cultures to create a calming sensation when listening to it. In this paper, we will discuss how music psychologically effects learning, why music is effective during a presentation, the effect of music on mentally challenged students, and the effect of music and memory.
Some would argue that humans are intrinsically wired to produce music. As an infant, the sounds children make while learning language mimic the tonal shape of language. Parents also tend to use exaggerated highs and lows in their voices much like a simple melody to prepare and help develop the infant’s capacity to learn language. It has also been found that the neural networks used in language acquisition are very similar to those used in music acquisition (Mithen 2006). Language acquisition and development is imperative for an individual to survive, and if training the brain with music can strengthen those networks, this is a subject of great importance. Since the 1940s doctors have recognized the impacts of music on the behavior of patients with mental disabilities, and from this discovery, the effects of music on a regular developing brain became a subject of great interest. Researchers recognized that there was potentially an opportunity to increase brain development in children resulting in discernable enhancements of skills into adulthood (Reschke-Hernandez, 2011). It is now known that childhood music education improves skills required for playing music, namely motor functioning, auditory discrimination, and long and short term recall. These skills, learned through music instruction, transfer to non-musical skills such as verbal
It is often questioned whether listening to or not listening to music is more beneficial when completing tasks; examples of tasks include studying, completing work assignments and projects, reading, etc. This inquiry is significant because many individuals enjoy listening to music while engaging in other activities, but would probably not do so if they knew that it was counterproductive to their performance. When performing such tasks, a specific type of memory called working memory is utilized and is defined as immediate conscious processing (Ries, Hamilton, & Grossmann, 2010). This form of memory processing is relevant because it is often questioned whether music or no music is more conducive to immediate conscious processing, such as memorization.
In today’s world, music is used to help facilitate one’s gaining knowledge of self, others, and the world. The brain grows into two hemispheres, and music plays a crucial role in the neurological development of a child. From an early age, music helps “naturally develop a child’s communication, expression, and cognition” (Yoon 9). Frank Wilson, a well-known neurologist, stated that music more fully involves brain functions in both hemispheres than any other activity. “The hemispheres of the brain work together when emotions are stimulated, attention focused, and motivation heightened, which happen when music is being played; music synchronizes the right and left hemispheres of the brain. When listening to enjoyable music, electrical activity is seen in brain regions responsible for coordinating movement, including the supplementary motor area,
The generation today learns in many different way, but the involvement of sounds and music in a classroom can be very beneficial towards schools and students. Music is a big part of human 's everyday life, it triggers the brain to stimulate advance and critical thinking. The mind starts to get healthier and allows the brain to remain fresh. Music is still being researched in how it can improve our brains and learning, but it is shown that it has been a useful resource for Alzheimer 's patients and babies. Age is not just a number when it comes to sounds, rhymes, and music it helps generate learning abilities for all ages even a newborn baby. Having sounds mixed with lyrics can move a person in more that one way, which is exactly why