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The Sweet Sound of Reward: How Music Modulates the Brain's Reward System
How Music Triggers Reward and Joy in the Brain When we listen to music we love, our brains release dopamine, a “feel-good” chemical that...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20234 min read
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The Symphony Within: How Our Brain Responds to Different Forms of Music
How the Brain Responds to Music (According to One Specific Study) To explore how music affects our emotions, researchers conducted an...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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The Cognitive Symphony: How Music Influences Minds Across All Stages of Life
How Listening to Music Affects Cognitive Processes Many neuroscientists are eager to uncover how listening to music influences our...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20237 min read
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How Music is Processed in the Brain and Its Role in Brain Connectivity
How the Brain Perceives and Processes Music To grasp how the brain perceives and processes music, it helps to start with some basics....
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 202310 min read
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How Music Affects Disorders of the Brain
Effects of Music Therapy as an Alternative for Depression in Children and Adolescents with ADHD For decades, music has played a vital...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20234 min read
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Neuroscience of Music
The Development of the Brain and Music through Co-Evolution The evolution of the human brain and the role of music in society are both...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20236 min read
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The Physiological Correlates of Music on the Brain
Neural Basis of Tonal Processing in Music To understand how music affects the brain, researchers have delved into the neural basis of...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Feb 6, 20237 min read
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COVID-19 and Mental Health
COVID's Impact on Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have long received only a...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Oct 26, 20224 min read
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Perception of Mental Health - Here and There
Gender Gap The stereotype that women are more prone to moodiness than men is not just a casual observation; it finds some support in...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Distribution of Mental Health Resources for Different Groups Globally
Treating Immigrants Across Europe Access to mental health care for immigrant groups across Europe is often inconsistent and varies...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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The Mental Health Diaspora: Global Perspectives on Well-being and Access
Differences in Country of Origin of Immigrant Families Imagine a baby girl born to a first-generation Caucasian immigrant family in...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Oct 23, 20223 min read
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Understanding Mental Health Through the Lens of Culture
The Role of Cultural Neuroscience in Mental Health Recent research has revealed important insights into how sociocultural contexts...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Oct 23, 20222 min read
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How Does Music Therapy Affect Different Age Groups of Mental Health Patients?
How does it affect different age groups differentially? One could imagine the distress that mentally ill individuals would...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Aug 11, 20223 min read
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Music Therapy's Role in Mental Health Recovery
How does it work? About 26.2% of Americans aged 18 and older—approximately 57.7 million people—experience a mental disorder each year....
Priyanka Thirumurti
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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The Power of Music Therapy: Exploring Its Effectiveness in Mental Health Treatment
Why is Music Therapy Effective? Music therapy creates an environment that fosters encouragement and hope for people with mental...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Aug 4, 20222 min read
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Ending addiction with music therapy? A new alternative to complementary therapeutics
How Music Therapy Supports Addiction Recovery and the Neurobiology Behind It The neural mechanisms underlying addiction are complex,...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Aug 2, 20222 min read
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How Music Therapy Offers Hope for People with Autism
How Can Music Help Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Aug 2, 20222 min read
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What Happens to Our Brains When We Listen to Music?
What happens in our brain when we listen to or play music? When we listen to music—whether it’s from a stereo, headphones, or a...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Healing Harmonies: Utilizing Music Therapy to Combat Depression in Healthcare
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 280 million people worldwide suffer from depression. This makes it one of the...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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Why Is It Important to Implement Music into Western Medicine?
We love music because of how its universal nature connects us emotionally and spiritually. Expressing ourselves with this in mind can be...
Priyanka Thirumurti
Jun 26, 20213 min read
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