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antigop

(12,778 posts) Fri Dec 12, 2014, 04:34 PM Dec 2014

12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music

http://mic.com/articles/106100/12-amazing-things-scientists-discovered-about-music-this-year

1. Learning an instrument at a young age can provide improved executive function.

2. Rhythmic ability has been linked to language learning.

3. Music training can help close the achievement gap.

4. It can combat ADHD.

5. It can provide benefits to long-term memory.

6. It can actually cure tinnitus.

See the article for the remaining six.

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12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music (Original Post) antigop Dec 2014 OP

Hmmmm ... Scuba Dec 2014 #1

good luck, Scuba...hope you find relief. nt antigop Dec 2014 #2

Some days "my" tinnitus is not so bad, but joshdawg Dec 2014 #5

Pick up some Lipo-Flavonoid. On most days it knocks mine out. LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #7

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try. joshdawg Dec 2014 #8

Strictly speaking . . . markpkessinger Dec 2014 #3

Yes, it's about musicians. People who take music lessons and learn instruments. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2014 #4

Seems to be about those who make music.... Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #6

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Hmmmm ...

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 04:49 PM

Dec 2014

By far the saddest musical news of the year is that some people's brains simply cannot derive pleasure from music no matter how good or how high quality. The disorder is a form of anhedonia, which describes a person's inability to enjoy activities most find pleasurable. Researchers have already identified in other fields, including sexual anhedonia and social anhedonia.

"Now that we know that there are people with specific musical anhedonia," said Josep Marco-Pallerés, lead author of the study.

Individuals with specific musical anhedonia have normal music processing abilities, and they're not depressed. The music they hear simply does not translate into an autonomic response or feelings of pleasure. People with musical anhedonia did receive large amounts of pleasure and nervous system response from playing a economic money-exchange game. Everyone's got their trigger.

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The tinnitus claim makes it seem like they train the individual to tune out the appropriate "ringing" frequencies. I suffer from this problem and will research this further.

antigop

(12,778 posts)

2. good luck, Scuba...hope you find relief. nt

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 05:06 PM

Dec 2014

joshdawg

(2,979 posts)

5. Some days "my" tinnitus is not so bad, but

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 05:49 AM

Dec 2014

other days, it's like that is the only thing I can hear. Maybe I need to listen to more music. hmmmm.
Good luck to you, Scuba.

LiberalArkie

(19,918 posts)

7. Pick up some Lipo-Flavonoid. On most days it knocks mine out.

Reply to joshdawg (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 10:41 AM

Dec 2014

joshdawg

(2,979 posts)

8. Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 05:01 AM

Dec 2014

markpkessinger

(8,935 posts)

3. Strictly speaking . . .

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:58 AM

Dec 2014

. . . several things on that list apply to people who seriously study a musical instrument and play music, not those who merely listen to it.

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)

4. Yes, it's about musicians. People who take music lessons and learn instruments.

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 04:06 AM

Dec 2014

I find it fascinating, because my parents and sister had no musical talent but I got a lot of it and studied two instruments and voice.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

6. Seems to be about those who make music....

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:34 PM

Dec 2014

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