Bobby McFerrin Illustrates How Music Interacts With Our Brain and Emotions

By on August 11, 2009 in Healthy Living

 

During the "Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus" event from the 2009 World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin treated the audience to several live performances and cross cultural demonstrations to illustrate music’s note-worthy interaction with the brain and our emotions.

Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment?

Check out more clips from this fascinating session on the World Science Festival website

From KATIEK of OdeMagazine.com.

 

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4 Responses to Bobby McFerrin Illustrates How Music Interacts With Our Brain and Emotions

  1. Timeless Being August 11, 2009 at 7:06 pm #

    Brilliant!

  2. Dr. Rev. Heather Meh August 12, 2009 at 1:05 am #

    I love this. Oh what fun!

    Heather Mehudar

    "There are no accidents, coincidences or mistakes."

  3. Noreen August 12, 2009 at 4:50 am #

    Fascinating! thank you.

  4. Word_Bandit August 12, 2009 at 7:56 am #

    The universal language connecting us all.

    Emerges from silence, it's all a reverberation of the original sound that occurred with creation.

    Great video.