Talk:Music and the brain

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I think that a connection to Orpheus should be made in the article if his picture is to be put at the top of it.

Some of this is innaccurate.

Somebody added "<-- most of this is BS." after the 2nd paragraph of "Auditory Cortices". So maybe somebody that knows why should fix it to be more accurate, instead of just complaining about it. (Also, I noticed that paragraph refers to the results of some studies, but doesn't even given an example of any such study, so I'm not sure I trust that the supposed findings of these studies are real.)

[edit] Interesting

Very interesting. Wikipedia must be the second greatest website on the internet, behind the almighty google. Both make me smart. Wikipedia good for brain.

Cheers for that, mate =D --Malgalad 02:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] actively taught students?

"same parts of the brains light up": say what parts.

"actively taught students" "passivly": say what these two teaching methods are.

[edit] Sub-Par

I'd love to fix up this page but it may be better to start from scratch... for instance, I do not believe lyrics are one of the three main components of music. Gray 2001 is not the correct source to cite when speaking of avian fitness. Whales and Birds are probably not some of the most phylogenetically complex groups of animals, (what that has to do with music, I am not sure...). Linguistics and music have interesting similarities, but the section on linguistics neither references nor connects to the rest of the article and should probably be removed or re-written. The auditory processing section is promising and could be expanded on; particularly useful would be a connection to what we know about avian brains. A section on vocal learning is a jarring omission to this article and should be added.

yeah I agree. I thought about trying to fix it up a while back but it's in a pretty sad state that I wasn't sure it was worth trying to fix what was here already. I suspect that the original was a copyvio anyway, given the nature of the inroduction. My main point is that I don't think anyone would object to a total overhaul, so go ahead if you're feeling brave. Also, and if you need any info about auditory processing and grouping that isn't really neuro based let me know, I have refs galore. Sparkleyone 03:38, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

ok, I've done a bit of editing now and I think the article is better than before. Quite a few things are covered, however, that I don't know enough about to feel comfortable editting, so it'd be nice if someone else would take a go at the latter parts of the article. I may come back to this in time but i'm probably about done for now.--bill 07:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)Williamemersonwood

I don't think this article is very good, but I don't have the time or expertise in this area :( 69.54.27.38 22:50, 27 September 2006 (UTC)