Summary of Your brain on music | Alan Harvey | TEDxPerth

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

The video discusses the importance of music and its effects on the human brain. It discusses how music can be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease and autism. It also discusses the importance of music in the developmental stages of a child, and how it can help to improve social and cognitive skills. The video ends with the suggestion that music should be more widely used in the educational system.

• 00:00:00 Alan Harvey discusses the impact that music has on the human mind, describing its ability to stimulate emotions and memories, as well as its effects on the body at a biological level. He also discusses the evolutionary origins of music and its relationship to language.
• 00:05:00 Alan Harvey, a neuroscientist and musician, demonstrates how music affects the brain by playing different pieces and measuring the neurophysiological response. The first piece, calming and peaceful, had an alpha wave rhythm. The second, unpleasant and jarring, had a different wave rhythm. Andrew Price, a colleague of Harvey's with an electrode cap on his head, monitored the electrical activity in Harvey's brain. Harvey's brainwave activity changed when the music changed, indicating that he was experiencing different emotions.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses the importance of music and its effects on the human brain. It discusses how music can be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease and autism. It also discusses the importance of music in the developmental stages of a child, and how it can help to improve social and cognitive skills. The video ends with the suggestion that music should be more widely used in the educational system.
• 00:15:00 Alan Harvey discusses how music has been used as a tool for social communication throughout history. He believes that what we choose to do with this knowledge can help drive us towards a more cooperative society.