power of music

THE POWER OF MUSIC

By:

Laura Falcón

Cornelia Silva

Introduction Human evolution Music and Brain Benefits of music Conclussions

-Reason of the power that music has

-Video tu sum up

-Relax experience

THE POWER OF MUSICINDEX

THE POWER OF MUSIC INTRODUCTION

We have chosen to speak about this topic

because we both love music.

Everybody loves music... but why?

And everybody listen to music everyday… but what can we use music for?

THE POWER OF MUSIC INTRODUCTION

So, we have also questioned… Why is Music so… Pleasurable and

Useful

… in our daily lives?

THE POWER OF MUSIC WHAT'S MUSIC?

Music is the art of combine in a sthetic way

both sounds and silences.

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THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

Music has got biological roots =

Music activates Pleasure and Reward-related

Regions of the Brain.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

Humans find a lot of things pleasurable.

This is necessary, because if you don’t find something pleasurable,

you don’t Do it.

That’s why you find pleasurable things like Eating and Sex: they’re necessary to survive.

Food and Sex are natural pleasures, because they’re primary necessities.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

What about Music? Because it’s not a neccesity, though it’s really

pleasurable!

Our physical responses to music are similar than our responses to other necessary things.

Our brains have an Specialized and Ancient Reward Circuitry

that allows us to enjoy Music.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

• Music must be linked to some sort of evolutionary adaptation that helped our ancestors (hunting, social bonding…)

• First bone flute known dates back 40.000-80.000 years ago (Homo Neardenthalensis)

• Experts assume that people were probably singing before they invented musical instruments.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

When you need to feel pleasure in something you’re doing, enter your DOPAMINE SYSTEM.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

So Dopamine is important for natural rewards like

food and sex…, for artificial substances like drugs,

… and for Music!

Scientific researches have shown that Music can produce a nice increase in

Dopamine.

Drugs like cocaine produce increases in Dopamine of up to 300%.

THE POWER OF MUSIC HUMAN EVOLUTION

Was intense pleasure when listening to music in the same category?

Probably not. But Music can produce a significant increase in Dopamine which make us

Feel Good.

WHY have be evolved such that music effects us this way?

+What is the function?

THE POWER OF MUSICBENEFITS OF MUSIC

Music help kids to remember basic facts.

Ex: Sesame Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8IL77gQ3k

Not only kids, adults too Ex: Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the

world http://www.ted.com/talksl/mallika_sarabhai.html

THE POWER OF MUSICBENEFITS OF MUSIC

o People are more likely to cooperate with each other in nonmusical tasks than if they’re not in synch.Ex: Ritual Music of Tibetan Buddhism (bond, emotions, message, atmosphere) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBSTAw_cKY

Music can help people that have serious neurological diseases as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Dementia.

Ex: http://www.dw.de/researchers-prescribe-choir-rehearsals-for-parkinsons-patients/a-14805900

THE POWER OF MUSICBENEFITS OF MUSIC

Music alters mood. Ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Nye9TUqA0 Personal examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRZIMxVZNos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDw0uu6UO0

Playing music is a way to convey feelings. Ex:

http://brucespringsteen.net/news/2013/bruces-speech-from-musicares-2013

THE POWER OF MUSIC CONCLUSSIONS

HUMAN EVOLUTIONWhy human beings are able to enjoy music? Dopamine System is the culprit.

BENEFITSWhy is music so useful?Memories, learning, cooperation, neurological

diseases, mood, feelings.

Is there anything clearer after this presentation? We hope so…

THE POWER OF MUSIC TO SUM UP

Video “The Scientific Power of Music”.

The Scientific Power of Music.wmv

THE POWER OF MUSIC TO MAKE YOU FEEL RELAX

Close your eyes and enjoy it. Let's see if this piece of music make you feelbetter.

THE POWER OF MUSIC

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.