Scientific Research

  1. Brains of Buddhist monks scanned in meditation study
  2. The Buddhist and the Neuroscientist
  3. How mindfulness and dance can stimulate a part of the brain that can improve mental health
  4. Doctors Now Prescribing Music Therapy for Heart Ailments, Brain Dysfunction, Learning Disabilities, Depression, PTSD, Alzheimers, Childhood Development and More
    by Didge Project director AJ Block and guest author Gracy Liura.
  5. Music in minor activates limbic structures: a relationship with dissonance?
    by Anders C. Greena, Klaus B. Brentsen, Hans Stdkilde-Jrgensen, Mikkel Wallentin, Andreas Roepstor and Peter Vuust of the Departments of Psychology, Anthropology, University of Aarhus, MR Research Centre, Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital and Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark.
  6. A neuroscientific perspective on music therapy
    by Koelsch S., Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom.
  7. Music and emotion: electrophysiological correlates of the processing of pleasant and unpleasant music
    by Sammler D., Grigutsch M., Fritz T., Koelsch S. of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
  8. Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke
    by Särkämö T., Tervaniemi M., Laitinen S., Forsblom A., Soinila S., Mikkonen M., Autti T., Silvennoinen HM., Erkkilä J., Laine M., Peretz I., Hietanen M. of the Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, and Helsinki Brain Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
  9. Sound meditation in oncological rehabilitation - a pilot study of a receptive music therapy group using the monochord
    by Rose JP., Weis J., Psychosoziale Abteilung, Klinik fur Tumorbiologie, Freiburg i.Br, Deutschland.
  10. Without music, life would be a mistake
    Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
  11. Music, Medicine, Healing, and the Genome Project
    Assad Meymandi, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
  12. Research shows that 40Hz tones activate microglial cells in the brain.

Online Sources

Music in the Brain - McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Music Electroacupuncture Outperforms Antidepressant Drug For Depression, HealthCMi.com

How to Calm Your Mind & Discover Inner Peace and Bliss Through Music, Michael Sandler & Yuval Ron, InspireNation.com

Interview of Dr. Richard Gold and Yuval Ron with Sister Jenna of the America Meditating Radio of the Museum of Meditation, Washington, DC

http://www.stefan-koelsch.de/papers/Koelsch_2009_ANYAS_music_therapy.pdf

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Music-Stefan-Koelsch/dp/0470683392/

http://www.amazon.com/The-Six-Healing-Sounds-Techniques/dp/1594771561

http://baharna.com/chant/six_healing.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/health/brain-music-research/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

http://www.livescience.com/28650-music-purchases-predicted-by-brain-activity.html

http://marcjwolf.com/articles/sound-vibrations-the-brain-new-connections-paradigms/

http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20121217/mueller.html

http://www.musikament.at/b3/Panksepp%26Bernatzky.pdf

http://www.overgrownpath.com/2015/07/sound-yoga-ancient-wisdom-or-new-age.html