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Jacob Gustafson, Lauren McGhee, Akshay Patel, Antonio Vettraino, Vinnie Vitale

Jason Torrente

WRT 1050

November 18, 2017

Annotated Bibliography: Paper #3

How Does Certain Types of Music Affect People?

Jacob Gustafson:

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This journal from 2001 briefly touches into how exactly the brain processes and

understands music scientifically. The author explains that the part of the brain that

processes music is the same part of the brain that processes and interprets words and

language. This article can be used for whichever final topic our group agrees on, and can

be utilized in a few different ways.

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This 2006 audio broadcast does a fantastic job of setting the tone and answering a lot of

questions that we may have while working on this assignment. This source also includes

a study done on both adults and children to see our bodys physiological reaction to

certain types of music. This does a very good job of trying to analyzing the connection

between music/art and the brain.

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This USA Today article from 2011 focuses on the argument that music does have the

ability to heal, both in a mental and physical way. If our group chooses this topic over

others, this article serves as a great start for our group to research and find answers to

some of the questions we have.

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Vinnie Vitale:

How music can help you heal. Harvard Health, Harvard Medical School, Feb. 2016,

www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/how-music-can-help-you-heal.

This link is to an article from the Harvard Medical School about the ways music has

show to help people heal mentally, physically, and emotionally, as well as aiding with the

quality of life that patients can have. The article can help our group immensely by

providing examples of what music can do for people suffering if we decide on this topic.

Novotney, Amy. Music as Medicine. Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological

Association, Nov. 2013, www.apa.org/monitor/2013/11/music.aspx.

The link is to an article written by Amy Novotney and published by the American

Psychology Association (APA). The article explains how music is used to treat pain and

reduce stress in patient. It also states how a music professor and a team of scientists are

studying music and vibrations to see if the body absorbing the vibrations can ease

symptoms of diseases.

Lauren McGhee:

Whelan, Caitlin Emily. Does the type of music you listen to affect your mood? Penn State, 21

October 2015, http://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/10/21/does-the-type-of-music-you

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-listen-to-affect-your-mood/

This article focuses on music affecting specifically your mood. Music is divided by

genre to explain how each one can affect someones mood and why. The article is brief,

but gives a lot of well organized information without a lot of clutter and fluff. Lastly, the

article is published by Penn State University, giving it credibility and also links to other

similar articles published by the university as well.

Antonio Vettraino:

Lipfer, Petra. How Does Music Affect Teenagers Pumpic, 15 November 2016,

https://pumpic.com/security/how-does-music-affect-teenagers/

This article highlights different types of music and how each different genre affects

teenagers in general. They also include different statistics for 14-18 year olds and how

different types of Music Videos they watch affects their attitudes/behavior, for example,

teens who watch more violent videos with more hardcore music is three times more likely

to get into a fight with their teacher. Lipfer ends the article with encouraging parents to

monitor what their kid might listen to.

Akshay Patel:

Does Listening to Music Improve Your Focus? By Heidi Mitchell July 26, 2017

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/does-listening-to-music-improve-your-focus-1501074204
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This article is about can playing music in background helps to concentrate while doing

homework or preparing a presentation?

There is a scientific answer to this on what neurologist says its a Mozart effect- The

Mozart effect can refer to: A set of research results indicating that listening to Mozart's

music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of

mental tasks known as "spatial-temporal reasoning;"

Problem Statement

Music has been around for millenniums and is a very influential part of everyday life. We

know that music is a universal art form in all different cultures that most can enjoy. It is very

common knowledge that music affects behaviors or moods, but the general population doesnt

know how exactly. In general, we can pretty much assume that music has an affect on different

types of people, we are just unsure of how.