Irem Aselcioglu

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 3
4 March 2010

Music and the Brain

The Brain
• 100 billion nerve cells

• 4 external lobes

• The cerebellum

(Self-Portrait in Spin).
 Learning
• Hebb’s Rule
• Long-Term Potentiation
The Mozart Effect

(Ivory).
 Memory

(Campbell).
 Left vs. Right

(McCoy).
 Musicians’ Brains

The cerebellum:
5% larger

(Dubuc).
 The Experiment

(“Reading Means by…”).

 Studies
“…many education practitioners
have been exposed to some rather
hazy ‘music makes you smarter’
claims, proposing that listening to or
making music, in general, would
somehow result in producing
students with markedly advanced
intellectual capacity”
- Dr. Joseph Piro

(Franganillo).
Fun Fact
My Application
 The Procedure
• Before learning the
violin

• Teaching myself to
play the violin

• After months of
practice and learning

(Violin Scroll).
My Progress
The Violin
My Results
 Three Class Activities
1. Make the class listen to classical music and
give them short IQ quizzes before and after to
see if there is a difference
2. The class could read musical notes
3. I can teach the class some basic fingerings on
the violin
 Works Cited
• “Brain Changes with Practice.” Today’s Science (Dec. 1995): n. pag. Today’s
Science. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. <http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌s0400850>.
• “Brain Scans Find Where Music Is Made.” Today’s Science (Sept. 1992): n. pag.
Today’s Science on File. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.
<http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌s0100140>.
• Dubuc, Bruno. The Brain from Top to Bottom. Canadian Inst. of Health Research,
Feb. 2009. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. <http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/‌flash/‌index_d.html>.
• Gordon, Michael. “Instrumental Music Instruction as a Contingency for Increased
Reading Behavior.” Journal of Research in Music Education 27 (Summer 1979): 87-
102. JSTOR. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://www.jstor.org/‌stable/‌3344895>.
• Johnson, Christopher M., and Jenny E. Memmott. “Examination of Relationships
between Participation in School Music Programs of Differing Quality and
Standardized Test Results.” Journal of Research in Music Education 54 (Winter
2006): 293-307. JSTOR. Web. 2 Dec. 2009.
<http://www.jstor.org/‌stable/‌4139752>.
 Works Cited Cont.
• “Mozart Helps Listeners Become Brighter, Briefly.” Today’s Science (Jan.
1994): n. pag. Today’s Science. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌s0201210>.
• “Music Aids Memory, Scientists Say.” Today’s Science (Feb. 1999): n. pag.
Today’s Science on File. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.
<http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌sb709250>.
• O’Donnell, Laurence. Music and the Brain. Music Power, 1999. Web. 3
Mar. 2010. <http://www.cerebromente.org.br/‌n15/‌mente/‌musica.html>.
• Piro, Joseph. “Music Training and Literacy Development.” Literacy Today
59 (2009): 32-4. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 2 Dec. 2009.
• Than, Ker. “Brainwork: Learning and Remembering.” Today’s Science (Oct.
2006): n. pag. Today’s Science. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌s1400246>.
 Works Cited Pictures
• Campbell, Benedict. Neurons in the Brain. 26 Feb. 2008. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web.
3 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌8515164@N08/‌2294885420>.
• Dubuc, Bruno. The Brain from Top to Bottom. Canadian Inst. of Health Research, Feb. 2009. Web. 3
Mar. 2010. <http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/‌flash/‌index_i.html>.
• Franganillo, Jorge. Madera de Músico. 9 Oct. 2006. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3
Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌46191841@N00/‌264799280>.
• McCoy, Dan. PET Scans. “Brain Scans Find Where Music Is Made.” Today’s Science on File (Sept.
1992): n. pag. Today’s Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.2facts.com/‌article/‌s0100140>.
• “Reading Means by Experimental Phase and Treatment Group.” Chart. N.p.: National Association for
Music Education, 1979. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/‌stable/‌3344895>.
• Self-Portrait in Spin. 9 Jan. 2005. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌51774067@N00/‌3160269>.
• 2.16.09: Ivory. 16 Feb. 2009. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌30016568@N04/‌3287402934>.
• Violin Detail. 3 May 2008. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌49651980@N00/‌2461925829>.
• Violin Scroll. 14 Apr. 2007. Flickr: Creative Commons. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌11599314@N00/‌459221457>.