Impact of Music on Brain Function during Mental Task using Electroencephalography
Music has a great effect on human body and mind; it
can have a positive effect on hormone system. Objective of this study
is to analysis the effect of music (carnatic, hard rock and jazz) on
brain activity during mental work load using electroencephalography
(EEG). Eight healthy subjects without special musical education
participated in the study. EEG signals were acquired at frontal (Fz),
parietal (Pz) and central (Cz) lobes of brain while listening to music
at three experimental condition (rest, music without mental task and
music with mental task). Spectral powers features were extracted at
alpha, theta and beta brain rhythms. While listening to jazz music, the
alpha and theta powers were significantly (p < 0.05) high for rest as
compared to music with and without mental task in Cz. While
listening to Carnatic music, the beta power was significantly (p <
0.05) high for with mental task as compared to rest and music
without mental task at Cz and Fz location. This finding corroborates
that attention based activities are enhanced while listening to jazz and
carnatic as compare to Hard rock during mental task.
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Review of Psychology 2005 (56), pp: 89 - 114
[2] Kristeva R, Chakarov V, Schulte-Monting J, Spreer J. Activation of
cortical areas in music execution and imagining: a high-resolution EEG
study. NeuroImage 2003 (20), pp: 1872 - 1883
[3] Schellenberg EG, Nakata T, Hunter PG., Tamoto S. Exposure to music
and cognitive performance: Tests of children and adults. Psychology of
Music 2007 (35), pp: 5 - 19
[4] Patton, J., Routh, D., & Stinard, T.. Where do children study?
Behavioral observations. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society,1986 24
(6), pp: 439 - 440
[5] Chan AS, Ho Y, Cheung M Music training improves verbal memory.
Nature 1998 (128), pp: 396
[6] Asada H, Fukuda Y, Tsunoda S, Yamaguchi M, Tonoike M. Frontal
midline theta rhythms reflect alternative activation of prefrontal cortex
and anterior cingulated cortex in humans. J Neurophysiology 1999 (50),
pp: 324 - 328
[7] Steriade M. Cellular substrates of brain rhythms. In E. Niedermeyer &
F. H. Lopes da Silva (Eds.), Electroencephalography Basic principles,
clinical applications, and related fields, 4th ed. (pp. 28 - 75). Baltimore:
Williams & Wilkins 1999.
[8] Tsang C D, Trainor L J, Santesso D L, Tasker S L, Schmidt L A.
Frontal EEG responses as a function of affective musical features.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2001 (930), pp: 439 -
442
[9] Sammler D, Grigutsch M, Fritz T, Koelsch S Music and emotion:
Electrophysiological correlates of the processing of pleasant and
unpleasant music. J Psychophysiology 2007 pp: 44: 293 - 304
[10] Luu P, Tucker D. M, & Makeig S. Frontal midline theta and the errorrelated
negativity: Neuro physiological mechanisms of action regulation.
Clinical Neurophysiology 2004 (115), pp: 1821-1835.
[11] Kubota Y, Sato W, Toichi M, Murai T, Okada T, Hayashi. A Frontal
midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities
during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure.
Cognitive Brain Research 2001 (11), PP: 281-287
[12] Sakharov D S, Davydov V I, Pavlygina R A. Inter Central Relations of
the Human EEG during Listening to Music. J Human Physiology 2005
(31), pp: 27 - 32
[13] Pavlygina R A, Sakharov D S, Davydov V I Spectral Analysis of the
Human EEG during Listening to Musical Compositions. J Human
Physiology 2004 pp: 30: 54 - 60
[14] Koelsch S A. Neural basis of music-evoked emotions. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences 2010 (14), pp: 131 - 137
[15] Karthick N G, Thajudin A V I, Joseph P K. Music and the EEG: A
Study using Nonlinear Methods. International Conference on
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering 2006, pp: 424 - 427
[16] Chen YC, Wong KW, Kuo DC, Liao TY, Ke DM. Wavelet Real Time
Monitoring System: A Case Study of the Musical Influence on
Electroencephalography. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 2008 (7), pp:
56 - 62
[17] Lonsdale, A. J., & North, A. C.. Why do we listen to music? A uses and
gratifications analysis. British journal of psychology London England
1953,2011 pp: 102 (1), 108-134
[18] Folstein M. F., Folstein S. E., McHugh, P. R. . "Mini-mental state". A
practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the
clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research 1975(12 (3)), pp: 189-198
[19] Satheeshkumar J, Arumugaperumal S, Rajesh R, Kesavadas C. A Note
on Visualization of Brain Information From fMRI Images. International
Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering 2009 (1), pp: 173 - 175
[20] Pouladi F, Oghabian A M, Hatami J, Zadehmohammadi A. Involved
brain areas in processing of Persian classical music: an fMRI study.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2010 (5), pp: 1124 - 1128
[21] Harmon L, Troester K, Pickwick T, Pelosi G. The Effects of Different
Types of Music on Cognitive Abilities. Journal of Undergraduate
Psychological Research 2008 (3), pp: 41 - 46
[1] Peretz I, Zatorre R. Brain Organization for Music Processing. Annual
Review of Psychology 2005 (56), pp: 89 - 114
[2] Kristeva R, Chakarov V, Schulte-Monting J, Spreer J. Activation of
cortical areas in music execution and imagining: a high-resolution EEG
study. NeuroImage 2003 (20), pp: 1872 - 1883
[3] Schellenberg EG, Nakata T, Hunter PG., Tamoto S. Exposure to music
and cognitive performance: Tests of children and adults. Psychology of
Music 2007 (35), pp: 5 - 19
[4] Patton, J., Routh, D., & Stinard, T.. Where do children study?
Behavioral observations. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society,1986 24
(6), pp: 439 - 440
[5] Chan AS, Ho Y, Cheung M Music training improves verbal memory.
Nature 1998 (128), pp: 396
[6] Asada H, Fukuda Y, Tsunoda S, Yamaguchi M, Tonoike M. Frontal
midline theta rhythms reflect alternative activation of prefrontal cortex
and anterior cingulated cortex in humans. J Neurophysiology 1999 (50),
pp: 324 - 328
[7] Steriade M. Cellular substrates of brain rhythms. In E. Niedermeyer &
F. H. Lopes da Silva (Eds.), Electroencephalography Basic principles,
clinical applications, and related fields, 4th ed. (pp. 28 - 75). Baltimore:
Williams & Wilkins 1999.
[8] Tsang C D, Trainor L J, Santesso D L, Tasker S L, Schmidt L A.
Frontal EEG responses as a function of affective musical features.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2001 (930), pp: 439 -
442
[9] Sammler D, Grigutsch M, Fritz T, Koelsch S Music and emotion:
Electrophysiological correlates of the processing of pleasant and
unpleasant music. J Psychophysiology 2007 pp: 44: 293 - 304
[10] Luu P, Tucker D. M, & Makeig S. Frontal midline theta and the errorrelated
negativity: Neuro physiological mechanisms of action regulation.
Clinical Neurophysiology 2004 (115), pp: 1821-1835.
[11] Kubota Y, Sato W, Toichi M, Murai T, Okada T, Hayashi. A Frontal
midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities
during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure.
Cognitive Brain Research 2001 (11), PP: 281-287
[12] Sakharov D S, Davydov V I, Pavlygina R A. Inter Central Relations of
the Human EEG during Listening to Music. J Human Physiology 2005
(31), pp: 27 - 32
[13] Pavlygina R A, Sakharov D S, Davydov V I Spectral Analysis of the
Human EEG during Listening to Musical Compositions. J Human
Physiology 2004 pp: 30: 54 - 60
[14] Koelsch S A. Neural basis of music-evoked emotions. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences 2010 (14), pp: 131 - 137
[15] Karthick N G, Thajudin A V I, Joseph P K. Music and the EEG: A
Study using Nonlinear Methods. International Conference on
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering 2006, pp: 424 - 427
[16] Chen YC, Wong KW, Kuo DC, Liao TY, Ke DM. Wavelet Real Time
Monitoring System: A Case Study of the Musical Influence on
Electroencephalography. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 2008 (7), pp:
56 - 62
[17] Lonsdale, A. J., & North, A. C.. Why do we listen to music? A uses and
gratifications analysis. British journal of psychology London England
1953,2011 pp: 102 (1), 108-134
[18] Folstein M. F., Folstein S. E., McHugh, P. R. . "Mini-mental state". A
practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the
clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research 1975(12 (3)), pp: 189-198
[19] Satheeshkumar J, Arumugaperumal S, Rajesh R, Kesavadas C. A Note
on Visualization of Brain Information From fMRI Images. International
Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering 2009 (1), pp: 173 - 175
[20] Pouladi F, Oghabian A M, Hatami J, Zadehmohammadi A. Involved
brain areas in processing of Persian classical music: an fMRI study.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2010 (5), pp: 1124 - 1128
[21] Harmon L, Troester K, Pickwick T, Pelosi G. The Effects of Different
Types of Music on Cognitive Abilities. Journal of Undergraduate
Psychological Research 2008 (3), pp: 41 - 46
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can have a positive effect on hormone system. Objective of this study
is to analysis the effect of music (carnatic, hard rock and jazz) on
brain activity during mental work load using electroencephalography
(EEG). Eight healthy subjects without special musical education
participated in the study. EEG signals were acquired at frontal (Fz),
parietal (Pz) and central (Cz) lobes of brain while listening to music
at three experimental condition (rest, music without mental task and
music with mental task). Spectral powers features were extracted at
alpha, theta and beta brain rhythms. While listening to jazz music, the
alpha and theta powers were significantly (p < 0.05) high for rest as
compared to music with and without mental task in Cz. While
listening to Carnatic music, the beta power was significantly (p <
0.05) high for with mental task as compared to rest and music
without mental task at Cz and Fz location. This finding corroborates
that attention based activities are enhanced while listening to jazz and
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