Theonesoul's Blog – August 2009 Archive (6)

Found in Neuroscience Department





Music can be thought of as a form of emotional communication, with which the performer conveys an emotional state to the listener. This "language" is remarkably powerful - it can evoke strong emotions, and make your heart race or send tingles down your spine. And it is universal - the emotional content of a piece of music can be understood by anyone, regardless of cultural background.



Are the emotions evoked by piece of music similar… Continue

Found in Neuroscience Department and want to share with you







People who place an emphasis on positive things and are generally optimistic are sometimes said to "see the world through rose-tinted glasses". According to a new study by Canadian researchers, this is more than just an idiom. The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Neuroscience, provides the first direct evidence that the mood we are in affects the way we see things by modulating the activity… Continue

Optical illusions can tell us much about the functioning of the brain's visual system. They work because the visual system reconstructs stimuli not according to how they actually are, but by making certain assumptions about their properties in order to fill in the gaps and It is unclear exactly how this illusion works, but it probably has something to do with the brain's representation of an ambiguous object

so i looked for more infos and i found this article below in Neuroscience On… Continue

The left brain/ right brain myth

Article by Neuroscience Department





This "right brain vs left brain test" from the Herald Sun is doing the rounds on the internet today. The article contains the so-called "spinning silhouette" optical illusion (below), and states that if you see the the dancer rotating in a clockwise direction "you use more of the right side of your brain and vice versa."



You've probably heard… Continue

'Right Brain' or 'Left Brain' -

Myth Or Reality?

By John McCrone

The New Scientist http://www.rbiproduction.co.uk

© New Scientist, RBI Limited 2000

From Skye Turell

7-21-00







Turn to the small advertisements in many a Sunday magazine, says John McCrone, and you'll find something rather like this: "Are you good at logic, great at analysis and working out maths problems? Then you're probably a left-brainer . . . Want to get in touch with your… Continue

Art encourages cognition, critical thinking, and learning.



I experience daily that the current education system places great emphasis on academic development



and as a result, arts programs are being reduced or even eliminated from classrooms



And if the Educators would have received proper education they would have



recognized that the art is not enrichment activity instead the art is and should be basic to education.



Studies have shown that… Continue