Current findings indicate that music around 60 beats per minute can cause the brain to synchronize with the beat causing alpha brainwaves (frequencies from 8 - 14 hertz or cycles per second). This ...
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8, first movement - Edexcel Ludwig van Beethoven and the piano were two of the most exciting new qualities of music in the 18th century and both are showcased in his ...
October 22, 2024 • We debate the pros and cons of small-town living through the music of Christian Lee Hutson, Youth Lagoon, Bartees Strange and more in our biweekly update of the year's best songs.
October 4, 2024 • NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and reflect on the history of instrumental music as protest.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. All human beings need sleep. We spend a third of our ...
The genetic history of sisters Carolyn Schear (at right) and Cheryl Dinges puts them at risk for fatal familial insomnia, a deadly inability to sleep. Schear learned she doesn’t carry the gene.
Compared to simple laboratory tests, instrumental methods of analysis may give improved: A solution containing sodium ions gives a reading of four units on the flame photometer. Use the ...