Please please me
Please please me is music to your ears, as people using the telephone prefer on-hold music to voice messages, and will hold on for 20 per cent longer. view more (1999-02-01)
Live music has positive effects on hospitalised premature babies
Music stimulation can have beneficial effects on pre-term infants during their hospitalisation in the neonatal intensive care unit. view more (2004-08-24)
Music calms the fevered brow
Music is not just the food of love - it may also be a pain killer and lessen anxiety. New research by psychologists has found that that people listening to music may feel less pain than those who are not and that music can relieve the symptoms of anxiety for people recovering from surgery. view more (2005-03-21)
Psychology student uncovers why we like certain tunes more than others
What is it about a tune that makes you like it more than another one? How do we learn to like the music that we do? Gustav Kuhn, a postgraduate student of experimental psychology at the University of Sussex, has been doing research that suggests we unconsciously learn the rules for the way music is put together, and people prefer music that... view more... (2003-03-04)
Award winning Antarctic Waves - cool music from hot science
**Antarctic Waves** is awarded a BAFTA Interactive Entertainment award for best Offline Learning educational resource. A unique award winning `toolkit` to make cool music from hot science is now available for music teachers. Two years in production, Antarctic Waves is the first interactive CD teaching resource that introduces students to the... view more... (2002-10-21)
Broadcasters & Theatres' Music Costs Could Double To Recoup CD Sales Drop
Research by Dr Andrew Burke of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick has concluded that the broadcasters and theatres could see the licenses which they pay to the music industry increase by up to 287%. Similarly, cinemas, nightclubs and retail outlets could encounter price increases for music licences in excess of 1000%. The... view more... (2004-02-02)
Antarctic Waves ? cool music from hot science
A `toolkit` to make cool music from hot science is launched this week at the British Association (BA) Festival of Science in Leicester. Two years in production, Antarctic Waves is the first interactive CD teaching resource that introduces students to the excitement of Antarctic science through music composition. Using a medium normally associated... view more... (2002-09-05)
Milk yields affected by music tempo
Dairy cows produce more milk when listening to REM's 'Everybody Hurts' or Beethoven's 'Pastoral Symphony' than when subjected to Wonderstuff's 'Size of a Cow' or the Beatles' 'Back In The USSR' a new study by music research specialists at the University of Leicester has found. The 1,000 strong herds of Holstein Friesian cattle preferred listening... view more... (2001-06-25)
INDICARE: Two thirds of European Internet Users have Experience with Digital Music
A representative survey among 4852 European consumers finds that a large share of Internet users already has experience with digital music. However, the survey shows that the main source for digital music are ripped CDs, not Internet downloads. In addition, the survey reveals that consumers are not well informed about usage restrictions and DRM... view more... (2005-05-25)
The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?
In the study of University of Helsinki and Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, the neurobiological basis of music in human evolution and communication was evaluated using candidate genes associated in the earlier studies with social bonding and cognitive functions. view more (2009-05-26)
Rockabye baby: Research shows gentle singing soothes sick infants
A project led by a researcher from the University of Western Sydney has found that music therapy can help sick babies in intensive care maintain normal behavioural development, making them less irritable, upset and less likely to cry. view more (2006-02-08)
Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. view more (2009-05-28)
Center for Digital Business explores mobile Napster
Center for Digital Business, CDA, at Ume'å University, is presenting new research at a conference in Pisa, Italy. This research deals with the prototype system FolkMusic, which is a mobile platform for distributing music in wireless networks. The work is being presented at a conference titled Mobile HCI (Human Computer Interaction) 2002 by... view more... (2002-09-23)
Musculo-skeletal injuries common among musicians
Occupationally related pain in joints and muscles are very common among music teachers and musicians, above all among those who play the violin. It is important to learn an ergonomically correct style of playing from the beginning, according to physical therapist Anncristine Fjellman-Wiklund in a dissertation she is submitting at Ume'å... view more... (2003-05-05)
Musical training might be good for the heart
Musical training might be good for the heart, suggests a small study, which shows that it is musical tempo, rather than style, that is the greatest stress buster. view more (2005-09-29)
3-D movement captured to conduct music
Imagine the sound mixing desk in a concert hall controlled not by a technician manipulating hundreds of knobs and sliders, but by pointing to speakers and changing volume and tone with the movement of an arm. This futuristic orchestra conductor is being made reality by the work of researchers in the school of music at the University of Leeds. Dr... view more... (2004-07-06)
Loud music can make you drink more, in less time, in a bar
Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment - in this case, music - can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. view more (2008-07-21)
Musicians determine the boundaries of interpretation
Classical music listeners value a performance more if the interpretation of the music is consistent. In the opening bars the performer sets the tone with which he strongly limits the freedom for the rest of the performance. This is revealed in research carried out by Renee Timmers from the University of Nijmegen. The Nijmegen music psychologist... view more... (2002-03-18)
Touchy Feely Music
The music industry is poised for a revolution if a self-employed design consultant from London can get his innovative touch-screen technology off the ground. NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) - the organisation that nurtures UK creativity and innovation - has invested £100,000 in the idea to help turn it... view more... (2004-03-02)
Research shows that time invested in practicing pays off for young musicians
A Harvard-based study published October 29 in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, led by Drs. Gottfried Schlaug and Ellen Winner has found that children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outperform children with no instrumental training-not only in tests of auditory discrimination and finger dexterity (skills honed by... view more... (2008-11-05)
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