Sentences with phrase «university studying music»

In my teens I had wanted a career in music but after a term at university studying music I had to admit that it wasn't for me.

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A recent study from the Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina found that listening to music can help people focus their attention, but — and here's the catch — only if it's music they like.

Back in 2006, Evans was studying law at Melbourne's Monash University while also organizing a charity music gig, an Australian version of the Make Poverty History concerts that had started in the U.K..

In fact, a study by professors at the University of Missouri found that playing upbeat music can significantly raise your mood.

In 2016, he graduated from Georgetown University where he studied international economics and music.

Award - winning journalist, arts critic and record producer Dennis Polkow holds degrees in music theory, composition, philosophy and religious studies from DePaul University, Chicago, and has written frequently about religion and the arts for the Chicago Tribune and is currently on the adjunct faculty of Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, IL.

Dr. Nina Kraus, a groundbreaking neuroscientist at Northwestern University, has been studying the effects of music training on brain development — with the use of non-invasive approaches in humans — and on the development of language skills.

A study done by several universities, The Influence of Media Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts.»

Further, a study conducted by Dr. Alexandra Lamont from the Music Research Group at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology revealed how one - year - old babies recognize music they were exposed to up to three months before bMusic Research Group at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology revealed how one - year - old babies recognize music they were exposed to up to three months before bmusic they were exposed to up to three months before birth.

«The science is in its infancy,» says Gordon Shaw, a physics professor and neuroscientist who studies music and brain development at the University of California at Irvine.

I'm currently a freshman studying Statistics at Boston University, and in my spare time I love to play basketball, listen to music, and watch a variety of sports.

With TrulyNet, Ruth enjoys working on social media and writing... and editing... and... Ruth went to the University of Oregon, where she studied music, dance and cognitive psychology (and sleeping very little).

Family — A lover of books, art, music, food, travel and the great outdoors, Alyson lives in Toronto and has two young adult daughters who are finishing their university studies in the social sciences... just like their mom.

She is a graduate of North Carolina Central University holding BA in political science with a minor in music and studied graduate Environmental Politics and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University.

«Music and rhythm are human universals but do not appear to be shared by most other species,» says Jessica Grahn of the University of Western Ontario who is chairing the CNS session on musical rhythm and who co-authored a new study of live music and brain rhyMusic and rhythm are human universals but do not appear to be shared by most other species,» says Jessica Grahn of the University of Western Ontario who is chairing the CNS session on musical rhythm and who co-authored a new study of live music and brain rhymusic and brain rhythms.

In 2006, Matthew Salganik and his colleagues at Columbia University published a study of an artificial «music market,» in which participants could listen to, rate and download dozens of different tracks.

In «Calibrating 30 Years of Experimental Research: A Meta - Analysis of the Atmospheric Effects of Music, Scent, and Color,» Professors Holger Roschk of Alpen - Adria - Universität, in Austria, Professor Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro, of the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and Jan Breitsoh, lecturer at the UK's Aberystwyth University, analyzed 66 studies of 15,621 shoppers — mostly women — conducted between 1982 and 2016.

Dale Purves of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, says that only one species was studied, and one component of music — pitch.

Music training, begun as late as high school, may help improve the teenage brain's responses to sound and sharpen hearing and language skills, suggests a new Northwestern University study.

The type of sound processing that modern hearings aids provide to make speech more understandable for wearers may also make music enjoyment more difficult, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

«Music is basically sounds that have a structure in time,» says Sundeep Teki, a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford who was not involved with the study.

Led by Joke Bradt, PhD, associate professor in Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions, a team looked into studies that examined the impact of music therapy (a personalized music experience offered by trained music therapists) and music medicine (listening to pre-recorded music provided by a doctor or nurse) on psychological and physical outcomes in people with cancer.

An intervention that uses music and games to help preschoolers learn self - regulation skills is helping prepare at - risk children for kindergarten, a new study from Oregon State University shows.

«It's a lovely, lovely piece of research,» says music psychologist David Huron of Ohio State University, Columbus, who was not involved in the study.

Also in the news today: After a century of confusion and errors, Johns Hopkins University is accepting the inevitable and dropping the «s» from its name; New York University president John Sexton — aka «J - Sex» — announced that he will play Lady Gaga's Latin lover in the singer's upcoming music video; CERN is studying a plan to build a hadron collider in the 23 - kilometer tunnel of London's Circle Line; and Google launched the beta version of Translate for Animals.

She cites a 1997 University of California, Los Angeles, study that found, among 25,000 students, those who had spent time involved in a musical pursuit tested higher on SATs and reading proficiency exams than those with no instruction in music.

Commenting on the study Professor Jörg Fachner, Professor of Music, Health and the Brain, at Anglia Ruskin University, who was not part of the research team, said: «This study confirms that music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or cMusic, Health and the Brain, at Anglia Ruskin University, who was not part of the research team, said: «This study confirms that music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or cmusic therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or cmusic representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or child.

The study «provides compelling evidence» that formal music training is responsible for the improvements in verbal memory, says neuropsychologist Lorna Jakobson of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

Lead researcher Professor Tuomas Eerola, Professor of Music Cognition in the Department of Music, Durham University, said: «Previous research in music psychology and film studies has emphasised the puzzling pleasure that people experience when engaging with tragicMusic Cognition in the Department of Music, Durham University, said: «Previous research in music psychology and film studies has emphasised the puzzling pleasure that people experience when engaging with tragicMusic, Durham University, said: «Previous research in music psychology and film studies has emphasised the puzzling pleasure that people experience when engaging with tragicmusic psychology and film studies has emphasised the puzzling pleasure that people experience when engaging with tragic art.

Music may enhance narrative memories because «music and language processing share a common neural basis,» explains study co-author Mohamad El Haj of Lille University in FrMusic may enhance narrative memories because «music and language processing share a common neural basis,» explains study co-author Mohamad El Haj of Lille University in Frmusic and language processing share a common neural basis,» explains study co-author Mohamad El Haj of Lille University in France.

Dr Valerie Holmes, Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast and co-researcher, added: «This is the largest study ever to be carried out looking at music therapy's ability to help this very vulnerable group.»

In 1998, clinical neuropsychologist Agnes Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues reported that adults who had studied music for more than 6 years had better memory for words but not for shapes.

In this regard, a new imaging genetics study directed by Professor Elvira Brattico from Aarhus University and conducted in two Italian hospitals in collaboration with the University of Helsinki (Finland) has provided the first evidence that the effects of music and noise on affective behavior and brain physiology are associated with genetically determined dopamine functionality.

- At Georgetown University Medical Center, a team used fMRI to study how we mentally encode music.

Geneticists at the University of Helsinki and the National University of Singapore have teamed up to explore the evolution of musical aptitude in the first - ever empirical study of the evolution of music.

A Voxel - Based Morphometry Study of the Brain of University Students Majoring in Music and Nonmusic Disciplines.

For example, a study from the University of London were anxiety - sufferers enrolled in one of four settings: exercise class, a music class, a math class and a dance class, showed that only the last group displayed «significantly reduced anxiety.»

October 26, 2015 Sheet music for creating the artificial sense of touch A new study led by neuroscientists from the University of Chicago brings us one step closer to building prosthetic limbs for humans that re-create a sense of touch through a direct interface with the brain.

A recent study by University of Pittsburgh and Norris Cotton Cancer Center finds strong association between binge drinking and popular music.

Deanna Hanson - Abromeit, an assistant professor of music education and music therapy at the University of Kansas School of Music in Lawrence, endorsed the smusic education and music therapy at the University of Kansas School of Music in Lawrence, endorsed the smusic therapy at the University of Kansas School of Music in Lawrence, endorsed the sMusic in Lawrence, endorsed the study.

A study conducted by the Department of Psychology at Georgia State University in Atlanta found that the presence of music is associated with higher food intake.

WHY: A 2006 study at York St John University in the UK found that students could hold a 2.4 pound weight straight out in front of their bodies at shoulder height for up to 10 per cent longer when they listened to a workout playlist that had motivational pop or rock music for the entire torturous session.

It turns out ambiance can make a real difference in terms of calorie consumption: When researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign made over a fast food restaurant with dimmer lighting and mellow music, the study participants consumed 175 fewer calories, on average.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore reviewed 17 studies that examined the effects of music on depression, and found that playing your favorite tunes as little as once a week can help reduce depressive symptoms.

You initially studied Musical Theater at the University of Cincinnati's College - Conservatory of Music, but you transferred to Columbia College in Chicago your junior year.

I'm currently a student at Alabama A&M University, where I am studying music education and business management, and I am also part of the marching band.

i study sports management at university and at the same time write lyrics for music, which i do as a hobby, but on a professional level

Later enrolling in Ohio State University to study music, dance, and theater but disheartened at poor inter-departmental relations, Kanakaredes opted for a conservatory education at Point Park College in Pittsburgh.

After graduation, she enrolled in the music program at the University of Southern California at Santa Cruz to study singing.

Upon completing undergraduate study at Brown University, Marco Beltrami entered the Yale School of Music on a scholarship.