Acoustic experience such as sound, noise, or absence of sound induces structural or
functional changes in the central auditory system but can also affect limbic regions such as …

Music is an enjoyable leisure activity that also engages many emotional, cognitive, and
motor processes in the brain. Here, we will first review previous literature on the emotional …

Early adverse experiences resulting from maternal separation may lead to neuronal cell
death and they can eventually cause memory impairment. In this study, we investigated the …

The effect of music on patients with epileptic seizures is complex and at present poorly
understood. Clinical studies suggest that the processing of music within the human brain …

Noise exposure is known to affect auditory structures in living organisms. However, it should
not be ignored that many of the effects of noise are extra-auditory. Previous findings of our …

In clinical practice, music has been used to decrease stress, heart rate, and blood pressure
and to provide a distraction from disease symptoms. We investigated sound effects on …

Objective (s) It is well known that prenatal stresses (PS) induce a variety of neurobiological
and behavioral alterations, some of them involving the hippocampal formation. This study …

The consummate principle underlying all physiological research is corporeal adaptation at
every level of the organism observed. With respect to humans, the body learns to function …

Can music listening offer reliable cognitive benefits? If so, how is this achieved? These
outwardly simple questions are at the heart of decades of research that has now …

The power of music in eliciting physical reactions has been known since the ancient Greek
cultures. The mechanisms behind it however, have long been unclear and are only just …