The tremendous ability that music has to affect and manipulate emotions and the brain is undeniable, and yet largely inexplicable. Very little serious research had gone into the mechanism behind music's ability to physically influence the brain until relatively recently, and even now very little is known about the neurological effects of music. The fields of music and Biology are generally seen as mutually exclusive, and to find a Neurobiologist also proficient in music is not very common. However, some do exist, and partly as a result of their research some questions about the biology of music have been answered. I will attempt to summarize some of the research that has been done on music and the brain in recent years. I will focus in particular on music's ability to produce emotional responses in the brain.
One great problem that arises in trying to study music's emotional power is that the emotional content of music is very subjective. A piece of music may be undeniably emotionally powerful, and at the same time be experienced in very different ways by each person who hears it. The emotion created by a piece of music may be affected by memories associated with the piece, by the environment it is being played in, by the mood of the person listening and their personality, by the culture they were brought up in: by any number of factors both impossible to control and impossible to quantify. Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult to deduce what intrinsic quality of the music, if any, created a specific emotional response in the listener. Even when such seemingly intrinsic qualities are found, they are often found to be at least partially culturally dependant.
Several characteristics have been suggested that might influence the emotion of music. For example, according to one study, major keys and rapid tempos cause happiness, whereas minor keys and slow tempos cause sadness, and rapid tempos together with dissonance cause fear. There is also a theory that dissonance sounds unpleasant to listeners across all cultures. Dissonance is to a certain degree culture-dependent, but also appears to be partly intrinsic to the music. Studies have shown that infants as young as 4 months old show negative reactions to dissonance.
because all people dont have the same opinions or ideas
It is a speaking practice of Ielts. I am also waiting for the answers
All the latest software and programs such as limewire is bad for music worldwide because limewire is being used for stealing music this has affected the music industry because lots of people are stealing all over the world, Also piracy is not just ruining the music industry its ruining the film industry aswell.
so people can listen to classical music or so the music can be put into TV or movies.
The majority of music world wide is secular. So most people listen to secular music.
They don't! Composers write thier own music.
Music was made without anybody knowing. And it affected us in so many different ways but still, music is the best.
Well, "Some people" are deaf.
Music shops have been negatively affected by the use of the internet because the internet has made it possible for people to purchase music from the comforts of their own home. Many music shops have gone out of business because people prefer to purchase music online.
Music has effected the world by giving people who have a good talent a chance to proof themselves.
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50 Cent dissed his cousin in his music. There were other people that were affected as well such as a game manufacturer that threatened 50 Cents for the diss.
Rohypnol is illegal in the United States, so it is hard to tell how many people are affected by it.
Alicia Keys has affected music, with her singing.
It is a speaking practice of Ielts. I am also waiting for the answers
All the latest software and programs such as limewire is bad for music worldwide because limewire is being used for stealing music this has affected the music industry because lots of people are stealing all over the world, Also piracy is not just ruining the music industry its ruining the film industry aswell.
Radio affected the world by having all these different kinds of music coming together as one such as R&B, Rap, Techno, Jazz, Hip hop, Rock and roll etc. I would say it was unusual for most people but it affected everyone and got people into music. It was the most popular thing in the world. Everyone started to dance to it or sing along with the songs that played on the radio. That's how it affected the world.
There were various types of people with many different cultural backgrounds being affected by this war. there were so many countries getting involved that it had an affected the people living in the counrty