Benefits of Music Therapy
September 27, 2007
A new study has revealed that music training may be more important for enhancing verbal communication skills than learning phonics. The study conducted by Northwestern University found that music ‘fundamentally shapes sensory circuitry’. “Audiovisual processing was much enhanced in musicians’ brains compared to non-musician counterparts, and musicians also were more sensitive to subtle changes in both speech and music sounds,” said Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences and Neurobiology and director of Northwestern’s Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, where the work was performed.
“Our study indicates that the high-level cognitive processing of music affects automatic processing that occurs early in the processing stream and fundamentally shapes sensory circuitry,” she added. The nervous system’s multi-sensory processing begins in the brainstem, an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain previously thought to be relatively unmalleable.
Too much Sleep can be risky
September 27, 2007
Researchers from the University of Warwick and University College London have found that while a lack of sleep doubles a person’s risk of death from cardiovascular diseases, too much of sleep can also have the same mortality effect from predominantly non-cardiovascular diseases. Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School, who presented the findings to the British Sleep Society on Monday, said the study involved the analysis of data on the mortality rates and sleep patterns on 10,308 civil servants at two points in their life (1985-88 and then in 1992-93).
He said that the effect that changes in sleep patterns over five years had on mortality rates 11-17 years later were isolated by adjusting other possible factors—such as age, sex, marital status, employment grade, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol consumption, self-rated health, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, other physical illness etc. Seven hours of sleep per night was taken to be the baseline during the study, he added.
How to choose Mr. Right
September 27, 2007
So, you feel you’ve seen it all. A woman meets the man of her dreams (as she would often describe him during the first few months of their relationship!), they date, and before you know it, that all-too-perfect man becomes Mr pain or Mr Know-it-all. Others try to revive the relationship but as statistics show, most go down the drain.
Before that all-too-painful relationship ensues, there are ways to prevent it. If you are already in one, here are some pieces of advice to make your relationship a slice of heaven (or wake you up, whichever is applicable!).
To be able to make the right decisions in relationships, you must first ‘know’ what is right. If you have to choose to marry or stay single for a few years more, what would you choose? Both choices are good in their own right, but choose which one is better for you.
Love can happen within half a second
September 27, 2007
Disbelievers in love at first sight may have to think again, because a new research done by Florida State University shows that it takes only half a second to decide if someone is attractive and a potential mate. But is that real love in a time when the trend is gearing towards instant gratification and quick-fix relationships?
A guy meets a girl. He finds her attractive; she has a great personality and is cheerful too! What will most probably happen is that he will develop an instant crush on her or should we say love or lust at first sight? VJ Cyrus Sahukar feels ‘love-at-first-sight’ means you develop an affinity for someone who fits into the prototype of what a person you want. “Love is a very deep emotion, so I would definitely not call it love. All this instant gratification and liking you see in films, but real life is very different.” When you fall in love at first sight, it is sure that you don’t know the other person. But something in you, something that is difficult to explain — intuition, tells you that this is the right person.
What after the first meeting?
September 27, 2007
After your first meeting, if you are a little hesitant and still deciding if she is interested then email instead of calling first. You could start with a charming email to get the conversation started and then tell her that you are going to call in a day or two. This has the effect of making contact with her relatively quickly, but still creating anticipation because you haven’t actually talked.
Call the next day, and make a joke about the situation. I might call and say, “Yeah, I was watching Swingers and they said to wait three days to call, but I was kind of in more of a one day mood…”
If you didn’t get her email address and you must use the phone, just do your best to avoid being average.
Attention spans of humans are getting shorter and shorter. We have more and more information coming in from television, newspapers and other sources - then maybe you wait for too long, you’re risking either being seen as using a technique, or risking being forgotten altogether. Whatever you are feeling, just make sure your moves are right for her.
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