Talk:Autonomic and endocrine functions and music

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 Definition Theory that music has therapeutic purposes by interacting with autonomic and endocrine functions. [d] [e]
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Of possible interest

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574731: The Effect of Live Classical Piano Music on the Vital Signs of Patients Undergoing Ophthalmic Surgery

Feel free to revert changes, but I'm going to do some copyediting on the article page, to make it more readable.

Howard C. Berkowitz 14:21, 18 August 2008 (CDT)

Good point on epilepsy

Somewhat related is that intense light tied to music, as with rock bands with lighting special effects, also can cause convulsions; this definitely has been reported. I wonder if there is a particular frequency that is amplified through the auditory path in some people, in the visual in others, and perhaps in both?

Howard C. Berkowitz 17:13, 18 August 2008 (CDT)