Mozart's music reduces seizures
- Doctor Julianna
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min read
Researchers have been studying the impact of Mozart's music on brain-wave activity since the 1990s. it demonstrated that listening to Mozart has a notable impact on seizure reduction in patients with epilepsy
— and now researchers believe they know why, new research suggests.
Researchers previously hypothesized that the Mozart effect in epilepsy was connected to the emotional impact of music. The neurotransmitter dopamine, which plays a role in the brain's reward system, is released when listening to music.
However, the new research seems to challenge that theory. The majority of the participants did not express a strong preference for classical music. The impact is related to acoustic signals.
They examined three musical properties that might influence the number of spikes: rhythm(tempo or beats per minute), dynamics (energy), and timbre (how harsh or unpleasant, how noisy, and how many "high-frequency" parts the music has).
"We observed that K448 [Mozart's piece] has a more harmonic spectrum and its spectral content doesn't change quickly, which probably has a positive effect on epilepsy patients.
Music (Mozart) will be use as a noninvasive neurostimulation method . The ultimate aim is to develop individualized musical patterns based on these acoustic features.
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