Archive for December, 2008

Introduction to SoundSwell™

 

Wanted to introduce you to a new blog that I am very excited to be doing with Don Campbell author of The Mozart Effect®. 

 

SoundSwell™ is a blog about the rising musical tide around us: the negative effects of noise and the positive effects of organized rhythmic sounds and melodies that improve and sometimes heal us. This is a part of our HATSS™ project that is surveying the hundreds of studies that have been made in the past few years for the purpose of helping teachers, students, parents and healthcare workers improve their lives with music.

http://soundswell.org

 

Boom times for brain training games

LONDON, England (CNN) — Use your brain or lose it

That’s the concern that’s fueling a worldwide boom in brain fitness that shows few signs of slowing.

This is a great article discussing the dizzying pace in the growth of  brain training games with worldwide revenue at $850 million last year.  Very happy to see that our site www.brainbuilder.com is mentioned!   

Read the full article  http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/11/brain.training/

Interested in trying BrainBuilder? Please visit  http://www.abtmedia.com/products_bb.asp

Research Poster: Exploring Porges’ Theory of Social Engagement

Exploring Porges’ Theory of Social Engagement: Using a music stimulation program for an 8 year old boy with autism

This research poster was presented November 16-19 at the Mozart & Science 2008 – 2nd International Congress for the Interdisciplinary Research on the Effects and the Experience of Music at the Palais Niedrosterreich in Vienna, Austria.

This case study compares the elements, protocols, and reported outcomes of an enhanced music stimulation program and the listening project created by Porges to test his theory of social engagement on autistic individuals who are known to have difficulties in this area.

Read more http://www.thelisteningprogram.com/PDF/News/ABT_Porges.pdf

To learn more about The Listening Program® method of music-based auditory stimulation used in this research please visit www.thelisteningprogram.com.

Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids

MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Children with autism spectrum disorder process sounds a fraction of a second slower than other children, an abnormality that offers insight into listening and language issues linked to the condition, a new study says.

Researchers used magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records minute magnetic fields associated with electrical brain activity, to detect the slight delay in autistic children who were exposed to beeps, tones in pairs, vowels and sentences at different speeds, tones and frequencies.

I have yet to review the reseach paper but on the surface this study lends additional support to the use of our The Listening Program® method www.thelisteningprogram.com as a program that can benefit kids on the autism spectrum.    

Read the full article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120100927.html



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