Bosco-d-gama Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Heschl’s gyrus is that part of our brain that reacts, responds, pulsates to musical stimulation.......... and it is being studied more in-depth than ever before. Neural studies are now being augmented by artificial intelligence analysis. Russian scientists recently reported that they can reproduce what a person is seeing using AI analysis of brain waves gathered from the visual cortex - using non-invasive methods. They claim they can recreate what a person is ‘seeing’ using eeg methodology. USC is studying human emotions evoked by different pieces of music by evaluating the electrical activity in Heschl’s gyrus. Why do some songs make us happy while others make us sad, nostalgic, etc? It has more to do with the character of the music than the lyrics. It is a little scary to think that eventually a human may be able to get ‘programmed’ as science discerns more about what makes our thought processes shift into ‘action’ status. USC claims they can make us sad or happy by how music is crafted. I think we sort of understood this already but now it is quantified and will be utilized in ever more affective ways. What’s next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Why aren't they working on getting zero distortion on my sound system? JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Bosco-d-gama said: USC claims they can make us sad or happy by how music is crafted. i think they’re onto something ... i get sad and/or angry whenever i hear Fleetwood Mac or Bruce Springsteen. i’d rather listen to a glutton loudly chewing candy corn or circus peanuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco-d-gama Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 41 minutes ago, BigStewMan said: i think they’re onto something ... i get sad and/or angry whenever i hear Fleetwood Mac or Bruce Springsteen. i’d rather listen to a glutton loudly chewing candy corn or circus peanuts. I agree with you. I’d have to believe that this study does not include listening habits adversely conditioned to a genre or an artist. It would be interesting to ask how well ‘rap’ is received by any thinking brain. Are listening preferences geographic, gender or generationally related? But y’know the 1st industry to use the data will be advertisers jamming up their newest ‘jingle’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, BigStewMan said: i think they’re onto something ... i get sad and/or angry whenever i hear Fleetwood Mac or Bruce Springsteen. i’d rather listen to a glutton loudly chewing candy corn or circus peanuts. Oh I can't wait to test that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Bosco-d-gama said: I agree with you. I’d have to believe that this study does not include listening habits adversely conditioned to a genre or an artist. It would be interesting to ask how well ‘rap’ is received by any thinking brain. Are listening preferences geographic, gender or generationally related? But y’know the 1st industry to use the data will be advertisers jamming up their newest ‘jingle’. Nothing really new there. More nefarious applications like the (fictional) treadstone project look a lot more possible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, JJkizak said: Why aren't they working on getting zero distortion on my sound system? JJK Because they don't care about you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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