Cosmology “Inflationary Big Bang Cosmology
and the New Cosmic Background Radiation Findings” by Richard M. Todaro: http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/upload/microwave.pdf
“Voyager 1 captures first-ever sounds of interstellar space” http://www.nbcnews.com/science/voyager-1-captures-first-ever-sounds-interstellar-space-8C11147747
Evolutionary Musicology “The arts after Darwin: does art have an origin and adaptive function?” by Ellen Dissanayake, in Kitty Zijlmans & Wilfried van Damme (eds.), World Art Studies: Exploring Concepts and Approaches. Amsterdam: Valiz. http://www.ellendissanayake.com/publications/pdf/EllenDissanayake_ArtsAfterDarwinWAS08.pdf ”If music is the food of love, what about survival and reproductive success?” by Ellen Dissanayake, Musicae Scientiae Special Issue: 169-19. http://www.ellendissanayake.com/publications/pdf/MS-SpecialIssue_2008-Dissanayake.pdf“Ritual and ritualization: musical means of conveying and shaping emotion in humans and other animals,” by Ellen Dissanayake, in Steven Brown & Ulrik Volgsten (eds.), Music and Manipulation: On the Social Uses and Social Control of Music. Oxford: Berghahn, pp. 31-57: http://www.ellendissanayake.com/publications/pdf/RitualAndRitualization_EllenDissanayake%20.pdf Infant Development “Absolute Pitch in Infant Auditory Learning: Evidence for Development Reorganization” by Jenny R. Saffran and Gregory J. Griepentrog: http://www.brainmusic.org/EducationalActivitiesFolder/Saffran_development2001.pdf Music and Academics
“Is Music the Key to Success?” (by Joanne Lipman, New York Times, October 12, 2013). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3
“Nobel prize winner says: I owe it all to my bassoon teacher.” (Arts Journal, Norman Lebrecht, October 9, 2013) http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/10/nobel-medicine-winner-says-i-owe-is-all-to-my-bassoon-teacher.html Music Therapy “Healing Powers of Music: Rhythm and the Brain” (work of Mickey Hart), in SXSW Music News: http://sxsw.com/music/news/2014/healing-powers-music-rhythm-and-brainNeuro-musicology
Music and Spatial Task Performance: A Causal Relationship, by Frances Rauscher, et. al http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED390733.pdf Collaborataion between Mickey Hart, neuroscientist lights up drummer’s tour with brain power: https://mickeyhart.net/news/collaboration-between-mickey-hart-neuroscientist-lights-drummer%E2%80%99s-tour-brain-power-896 Just a few years of early musical training benefits the brain later in life (Science Codex, November 5, 2013, re Nin Kraus, PhD) http://www.sciencecodex.com/just_a_few_years_of_early_musical_training_benefits_the_brain_later_in_life-122433 Tactile Response to Music Evelyn Glennie’s “Hearing Essay” http://www.evelyn.co.uk/Resources/Essays/Hearing%20Essay.pdfPrehistoric Music Ellen Dissanayake’s book review of The Singing Neanderthals, by Steven Mithen, http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep03375380.pdf
