Find out the many and simple ways in which music can provide health benefits for your body and your brain. Presentation elaborated by Carlos J. Cabello for the course BIOL3095 for the RISE Program. References and Citations found within presentation.

1. Effects and Corporal Responses to Music Exposure
and their Possible Use in Medical Therapy
Carlos J. Cabello López
BIOL 3095
RISE Program in UPR Cayey
Dr. Eneida Diaz
Dr. Vibha Bansal

2. To be Discussed
▪ Introduction
– Key concepts
– Purpose
▪ Neurological effects
▪ Cardiovascular effects
▪ Effects in children
▪ Conclusion
▪ Cited Literature
Taken from http://emotion-in-music.nbrc.ac.in/p1/

3. Key concepts
▪ Music:
–The vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in
such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and
expression of emotion. (Berude et al. 2010)
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4. Key concepts
▪ Musical Therapy
– Medical and psychiatric procedure that implements
music as an psychological/emotional treatment to the
individual.
Taken from http://www.elcolombiano.com/musicoterapia_los_acordes_para_aliviar_el_cuerpo-PBEC_247866

5. Known psychological effects
▪ Anger management
▪ Influence in emotions
▪ Socio-cognitive development
▪ Individual’s psychological growth
(Jentschke et al. 2014)
Taken from http://www.awaketheyoganandamovie.com/music_and_emotion

6. Purpose
1. Search any corporal reactions to
music and analyze their causes.
2. Compare and contrast found
reactions
3. Determine their usefulness in
possible Medical and Musical
Therapies
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treatment-stick-figure-pictogram-icon-cliparts.html

7. Neurological Effects
▪ Selective attention in our hearing
– This effect increases over the course of maturation, potentially
reflecting the gradual development of selective attention and
inhibitory control.
▪ Decreases trial-to-trial variability in cortical auditory-evoked
activity.
▪ Effects thought to vary in musicians and non-musicians.
(Strait et al. 2015)

8. Tests of Selective Attention Variability
▪ Methodology
–Controlled exposure of two audiobooks in preschoolers, children
and adults; musicians and nonmusicians.
–Documented electrophysiological recordings of brain stimulus
(Strait et al. 2015).
▪ Results
–Both children and adults, musicians and nonmusicians, showed
a reduction in auditory variability.
–Preschoolers did not show any reaction

9. Documented Changes in Variability
Taken from Strait DL, Slater J, O’Connell S, Kraus N. 2015. Music training relates to the development of neural mechanisms of
selective auditory attention. DEV NEUROSCI-BASEL. [Internet; revised 2014 Jun 24; cited 2015 Sep 30]
Doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2015.01.001:[94-104 p.p.]. Available in:

10. Cardiovascular Effects
▪ Influences cardiac autonomic modulation
– Lowers Heart rate variability (HRV) levels and reduced Global
modulation.
– Effects vary in melodic rhythms and symphonic ones.
(Do Amaral et al. 2014)
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Taken from http://www.pianomother.com/Unfinished_Symphony_Schubert.html

11. Cardiovascular
▪ Methodology
–Classic Baroque and Heavy Metal exposure in 24 women
(through headphones)
–Recorded cardo responses through an HV monitor.
▪ Results
–Baroque reduced both HRV levels and global modulation
–Heavy Metal only reduced High levels of HRV

12. Effects in Children
▪ Maternal musical communication develops
harmonic sequence perception
– In order to fully appreciate them, knowledge
about such must be acquired (Jentschke et al.
2014).
▪ Infant’s hormone levels and emotional bonding.
▪ Positive effects on autistic behavior and similar
disorders. (Tresierra-Cabrera 2005).
Taken from http://www.thecmr.com/The-CMR/Newborn/the-importance-of-singing-to-your-

13. When does harmonic detection begin?
▪ Continuous debate of the specific age of these
perception sensorial skills' acquirements
▪ Previously assumed to emerge between 5 and 7 years
of age
▪ Hypothesized of possible manifestation this perception
earlier in childhood.
(Jentschke et al. 2014)

14. Testing the Hypothesis
▪ Methodology
–Exposure to music with irregular harmony to
30-month-old baby boys (38 test subjects).
–Recording of their neurophysiological
reactions.
▪ Results
–Harmonic perception was in development in
the studied age
–Found sensitivity to purely music-syntactic
irregularity (Jentschke et al. 2014)
Taken from http://www.bellybuds.com/baby-bump-blog/blog/music-in-the-womb-bonding-with-your-baby-before-

15. Conclusion
▪ Music helps in:
–Growth important sensorial skills occur in
a human’s early years
–Consistent development of these skills is
key for a healthy mind and body
–Studied effects are usable to develop new
types of musical therapies and reinforce
existing ones
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16. Cited Literature
▪ Berude MS, Pickett JP, Pritchard DR, Leonesio C. 2010. Student Dictionary. 3rd Ed. Boston (MA) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Co. B, C, M; p. 120, 151,629
▪ Do Amaral JAT, Guida HL, De Abreu LC, Barnabe V, Vanderlei FM, Valenti VE. 2014. Effects of auditory stimulation with music
of different intensities on heart period. JTCM. [Internet; revised 2014 Nov 16; cited 2015 Oct 11.]
Doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2014.11.032:[1- 5 p.p.]. Available in:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225411014000467
▪ Jentschke S, Friederici AD, Koelsch S. 2014. Neural correlates of music-syntactic processing in two-year old children. DEV
NEUROSCI-BASEL [Internet; revised 2014 Apr 23; cited 2015 Oct 15.] Doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2014.04.005:[200-203 p.p.] Available
in: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000322
▪ Soria-Urios G, Duque P, García-Moreno JM. Music and brain: evidence of musical training in the brain Rev Neurol. [Internet;
revised 2011 Nov 10; cited 2015 Oct 28] 53(12):[739-746 p.p.]. Available in:
http://www.neurologia.com/pdf/web/5312/bg120739.pdf
▪ Strait DL, Slater J, O’Connell S, Kraus N. 2015. Music training relates to the development of neural mechanisms of selective
auditory attention. DEV NEUROSCI-BASEL. [Internet; revised 2014 Jun 24; cited 2015 Sep 30]
Doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2015.01.001:[94-104 p.p.]. Available in:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315000146
▪ Tresierra-Cabrera J. Musicoterapia y Pediatría. Rev. peru. pediatr. [Internet; revised 2005 Jan – Apr; cited 2015 Oct
28]:[54-55 .p.p.] Available in: http://portal.ucol.mx/content/micrositios/235/file/musicoterapia.pdf]

17. Thank you for your
attention

18. Any questions or comments?
Taken from http://yourmusicquestions.tumblr.com/