From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Jan 05 1997 - 06:36:52 MST
At 02:28 PM 1/4/97 -0500, Nadia wrote:
>Anders, do you know anything about the neurochemical effect of sound waves (
>ie music)? In short, why exactly music may effect us in such an emotional
>way?
>
>The surest way to bring a tear to my eye is to listen to certain poignant
>songs...
Dr Manfred Clynes has made a whole career out of proposing an (allegedly
fairly exact) explanation for the brain/music couple. He had a book on the
topic nearly 20 years ago and is still developing the notion. No further
details available to me right now.
Damien Broderick
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