Novello, Ewer and Co.'s Music Primers

Language, Music, and Brain

Introduction: Over the last centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out how the brain is learning the language. By 1980, the study of brain-language relationships was based on the study of human brain damage. But since 1980, neuroscience methods have greatly improved. There is controversy about where music, composition, or the perception of language and music are in the brain, or wheth...

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

SEASONAL AND DIURNAL VARIATION IN THE COs FLUX AND COs--WATER FLUX RATIO OF ALFALFA*

Baldocchi, D.D., Verma, S.B. and Rosenberg, N.J., 1981. Seasonal and diurnal variation in the CO 2 flux and COs---water flux ratio of alfalfa. Agric. Meteorol., 23: 231--244. The seasonal and diurnal variation of CO2 flux (F c ) and COs--water flux ratio (CWFR) of alfalfa were studied using micrometeorological techniques during the summer of 1978 at a location in the east central Great Plains. ...

COS 217, Spring 2005