Music just "Auditory Cheesecake"
@revellanotvanella (4033)
United States
July 15, 2009 9:54am CST
Wow, one way Steven Pinker put it, Harvard psychologist who wrote 'How The Mind Works' .
Scientist say music does nothing to aid in survival or reproduction [music lovers everywhere gawking] so far that they can tell and even would go so far as to say music only "hijacks" brain systems built for other purposes such as language, emotion and movement but why does music manipulate mood and even human physiology more effectively than words? Music has been called the universal language, I say, God works in mysterious ways.. 
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
15 Jul 09
I have been fascinated with the 'language of music' for some time now. Did you know that musical tones can be made from mathamatics? That equations can be transformed into 'music'? Colors can be musical too. And solid things like wood or stone when connected to special equiptment will give off different 'notes'? Physicists say that the entire universe 'sings'.
As you said, the part of our brains that involve emotion and language process music. If we associate a task or a lesson to music we remember it much better. Remember you abc's to music? lol
The Bible says when mankind refuses to praise God...the very rocks will cry out in praise to him. I find it fascinating that science has confirmed that.
Music, I think....is God's language.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
17 Jul 09
No..does it explore those ideas? I would be fascinated to read it..who wrote it?
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Ah...looked it up. Now I remember, it's a study on how music effects intelligence. I have heard of that study. Then they said it was all hype...but I do think it helps you remember. And my kids were exposed to all sorts of musical genre's. From my mother's opera to my celtic and Native American to my husbands heavy metal...and they're pretty smart people. :)
