Your brain on music | Alan Harvey | TEDxPerth

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  • Neuroscientist and musician Alan Harvey takes us on an interactive journey showing live on stage what music does to our brain waves, and explains how music is more than just an entertainment. You've never seen music like this before…
    Alan is joined by fellow neuroscientist Andrew Price and musicians from Perth Symphony Orchestra led by Bourby Webster. Alan’s main experimental neuroscience interests are in trauma, transplantation, gene therapy and regeneration, his research primarily focused on understanding the growth of circuits in the visual system and spinal cord, and how best to protect and repair these circuits after injury.
    He is passionate about music, and over the past half-century he has performed in choirs, as a solo artist and in various folk and rock bands. In 2017, his book "Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls" was published by Oxford University Press, bringing together his musical and neuroscientific interests, exploring music throughout human evolution and emphasising its importance for human welfare. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @ummok5316
    @ummok5316 6 днів тому +1

    Music is humanity’s soul

  • @GrahamGreeneGuitar
    @GrahamGreeneGuitar Місяць тому +3

    I teach music to children with learning disabilities, and I have seen first-hand and in real time the effects. Alan is absolutely right.

  • @classyog
    @classyog 3 роки тому +126

    I'm a geriatric nurse.. I play music for my patients.. It amazes me how music changes their mood and brings up memories.. They may not remember every lyric but they can hum the tune..Music is amazing!!

    • @karifoto
      @karifoto 2 роки тому +4

      You’re an angel. That’s so important and so needed 💙💙💙

    • @venkatvyshu3275
      @venkatvyshu3275 2 роки тому +2

      You r doing a great job
      Well done

    • @Meandmymirror
      @Meandmymirror Рік тому +2

      I want to be able to do this! But I’m not a nurse or a music therapist. I just want to volunteer to play the music of their youth

    • @erikotrevor6782
      @erikotrevor6782 7 місяців тому

      You look like EDP445

  • @JackHernandezGentlemanJack
    @JackHernandezGentlemanJack 4 роки тому +299

    This talk actually made me cry. Music is everything to me.

    • @anemonaloco
      @anemonaloco 3 роки тому +17

      Music is the noblest endeavor a human could do. it is both things at the same time, a treasure and a gift.

    • @bmois9578
      @bmois9578 3 роки тому +10

      Protect it and never forget it. It is humanity.

    • @MaristerPrado
      @MaristerPrado 3 роки тому +3

      This happened to me too
      Brazilian Artur da Távola said: "Music is an inner life and those who have an inner life never suffer from loneliness". Today May 28, 2021
      God bless you.

    • @allmusic962
      @allmusic962 2 роки тому +1

      Me too

    • @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885
      @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 2 роки тому +2

      there's a secret to music as meditation that we modern Westernized people don't understand. haha. Music goes way deeper than we think.

  • @alanharvey5850
    @alanharvey5850 2 роки тому +13

    Thanks for the positive feedback for this talk. I actually gave the talk on November 11th - Remembrance Day - hence the opening verse of No Man's Land.

    • @user-jg1fl2dy9p
      @user-jg1fl2dy9p 6 місяців тому

      how do I cite your video in MLA format. I am researching a paper on your wonderful works of life.

  • @PerthSymphony
    @PerthSymphony 5 років тому +380

    We absolutely LOVED being involved in this project. We, at Perth Symphony know just how much of an effect music has on our mind and mood, let alone our mental wellbeing! It was so great to be able to share this with everyone at TedX Perth and now in the world of UA-cam!

    • @serijas737
      @serijas737 4 роки тому +10

      Thank you very much for contributing to the TED Talk, I appreciate your work.

    • @aurasenpai8139
      @aurasenpai8139 4 роки тому +8

      Thank you so much for sharing with us.

    • @rickyhackett6703
      @rickyhackett6703 3 роки тому +4

      I used to feel like I couldn’t do anything, I have autism and can struggle to “get a grip” on things sometimes but when I pick up my takamine and start playing it’s like riding a bike

    • @trishacarney821
      @trishacarney821 3 роки тому +2

      I wish to learn more about the effects of musical crescendos on lifting depression.

    • @saywhat446
      @saywhat446 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much for your work! Can I ask what was the second piece of music used in the EEG demonstration (quite dissonant and supposedly unpleasant)? I really loved it...

  • @drrp41
    @drrp41 5 років тому +199

    I’m working with Alzheimer’s Patients as a musician/therapist and I vouch for the truth of this video. Music has the power to awaken so much good emotionally and cognitively . It should be enlisted as adjunct therapy in all medical treatments.

    • @PerthSymphony
      @PerthSymphony 5 років тому +10

      The power of music is amazing! Have you seen the doco 'Alive Inside'?

    • @hosamorfali3444
      @hosamorfali3444 5 років тому +4

      Ur blessed to be part of something so magical and meaningful 🙏🏻

    • @ferrygirl100
      @ferrygirl100 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you for what you do. I am also sure that healers have an effect on the health of people. Wondering if their healing vibrations are at 40 hertz? I guess it can be measured?

    • @corryjookit7818
      @corryjookit7818 3 роки тому +1

      @@ferrygirl100 Yes.

  • @brainfm-relaxation
    @brainfm-relaxation 3 роки тому +18

    Keep your brain healthy and young with music! "Whether you need to relax, increase your energy, improve your thinking, or just get motivated for the day, music can provide extra support when you need it the most,", according to Harvard Health.

  • @mamachasech4382
    @mamachasech4382 Рік тому +11

    Excellent. I believe music is very important to society

  • @crazyprayingmantis5596
    @crazyprayingmantis5596 4 роки тому +18

    The earliest musical instruments that we know of all of us have today.
    Our bodies

  • @lucario4399
    @lucario4399 3 роки тому +14

    the best ever lecture i have seen on ted

  • @helenbromley3618
    @helenbromley3618 Рік тому +26

    Wonderful! I'm a violin teacher and can relate to so much of what was shared. Thank you! As Bob Marley sang "one good thing about music when it hits, you feel no pain".

    • @dboywhogotlucky
      @dboywhogotlucky Рік тому +1

      what was the calming piece name in the middle of the video?

    • @fetijajasari9522
      @fetijajasari9522 Рік тому +1

      ​@@dboywhogotlucky
      Air by J. S. Bach

  • @corryjookit7818
    @corryjookit7818 3 роки тому +4

    Music is my first love and it will be my love, music of the future and music of the past..

  • @littlefoxwen
    @littlefoxwen 2 роки тому +13

    This lecture inspired me a lot. Sometimes music can have the effect that language can't do.

  • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
    @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 2 роки тому +8

    Music is not an art, it's a science.
    We are only re-discovering this.

    • @zin_dnz
      @zin_dnz 3 місяці тому +1

      Not an Art ? Keep your opinion to yourself
      It is both Art and Science combined

    • @great-garden-watch
      @great-garden-watch 2 місяці тому

      Makes sense. All the musicians I know are science minded but also creative

  • @mrski4945
    @mrski4945 2 роки тому +22

    This is beautiful. With all the information he provides, with all the studies and proof of what music is capable of, I wonder why we as a society do not use music for more?

  • @Sis4Real
    @Sis4Real 4 роки тому +34

    Love this scientistic explanation of music.

  • @lucassousa1252
    @lucassousa1252 3 роки тому +2

    The best Tedx Talks presentation

  • @Storykate
    @Storykate 3 роки тому +24

    It’s so sad that music learning is not sort of every early childhood curriculum and primary learning

    • @MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates
      @MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates Рік тому

      The US has mandatory music and recorder class. And then they let the students choose whether to go on to band or orchestra or not afterwards.

  • @DJKoollord
    @DJKoollord 5 років тому +39

    amazing....I had to learn music theory and mute scary, and sad scenes in movies to understand that the music is the cause of feelings in cartoons, and movies.

    • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
      @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 3 роки тому +3

      And it's also the cause of countless of media manipulations... you're onto something ;)

  • @rickyhackett6703
    @rickyhackett6703 3 роки тому +7

    I feel that we get our intense love/feeling for music because it’s only been recently that its so readily available, in fact if you were living 200 years ago you would only ever hear your favourite song an average of 3 times in your whole life

    • @rickyhackett6703
      @rickyhackett6703 3 роки тому +1

      We are still new to music

    • @fetijajasari9522
      @fetijajasari9522 Рік тому

      We humans had our own player, recorder or what ever-our own voice! People sung much, much more before radio and the latter developed devices turned many of us into listener rather than singer.

  • @angelopiano
    @angelopiano Рік тому +1

    My favorite TED TALK ever
    As a musician and music therapist, I love to see MASTER ALAN to show the REAL and not so considered POWER OF MUSIC applied on MENTAL HEALTH.
    Pay attention to what you listen, it may be guiding your life (FOR GOOD OR BAD)

  • @RevelationNavigation
    @RevelationNavigation 2 місяці тому

    This is so awesome! The right sounds HEAL and BALANCE our brains and bodies. Really grateful we can now create customized sound therapy from scanning over 10,000 frequencies in the voice from just a 10-second recording! Is anyone else here using the Inner Voice program on the AO Scan! It's EPIC. Unlimited in how many times a day you use it, can be loaded on your phone or computer, and you can help an unlimited amount of people too! It was a game changer for me. 😀

  • @neutrino1115
    @neutrino1115 5 років тому +41

    One of the most fascinating lectures on TEDx! Thank you so much for delivering such a talk and choosing this topic!

  • @Meandmymirror
    @Meandmymirror Рік тому +3

    I want to bring music to nursing homes by letting them put headphones on and then playing the music of their era. But I’m not a music therapist and I don’t even know how to begin to do what I want to do

  • @everyonesalama4447
    @everyonesalama4447 3 роки тому +2

    this is one of my favourite ted talks ever

  • @herul7788
    @herul7788 2 роки тому +1

    I love music, anytype, anygenre, anytime .

  • @jfnoxus
    @jfnoxus Рік тому +2

    Great talk! Listening to classical piano music has helped me deal with the emotional trauma I experienced.

  • @corinadantes1711
    @corinadantes1711 4 роки тому +11

    What a great talk! Congratulations.

  • @mazadan
    @mazadan 3 роки тому +2

    I met. Eric once and what a joy

  • @talentzone8257
    @talentzone8257 3 роки тому +7

    That's the power of music. Loved the presentation. 💖🥰💝

  • @anaghavarghese
    @anaghavarghese 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks for demonstrating on the spot. 🤩✨

  • @LindaGillanHEARTofLINDA
    @LindaGillanHEARTofLINDA 4 роки тому +29

    Fabulous, entertaining and informative presentation, thank you Alan. May we see the inclusion and enjoyment of music reinstated in education and communities, to rebuild social connection and harmony around the world.

  • @hosamorfali3444
    @hosamorfali3444 5 років тому +20

    Ive never enjoyed something more than this, I watched it two times, first to hear and observe second time to take notes, and theres definitely a third and fourth time 🙏🏻

    • @jimgarner3353
      @jimgarner3353 4 роки тому +1

      CAN U SHARE UR NOTES SO I CAN TURN THEM INTO MY TEACHER

    • @corryjookit7818
      @corryjookit7818 3 роки тому +2

      @@jimgarner3353 You're too far gone.

  • @polapana4805
    @polapana4805 Рік тому +1

    I'm watching this because I'm planning to purchase Spotify premium to get approval that it'll be worth it.

  • @LeeParkLab
    @LeeParkLab 5 років тому +40

    Brilliant Lecture, Entertaining, Informative and Insightful. Perfect Example of a Good Lecture.

  • @rickyhackett6703
    @rickyhackett6703 3 роки тому +2

    I’m 24 picked up a Takamine 2 years ago and have loved it ever since,

  • @johnwest3509
    @johnwest3509 2 роки тому +1

    thank you for an interesting and educational talk. I have been blessed for 38 years with a son who has music in him since a very young age and I can tell you that his music gives me emotions of happiness each and every day. I often weep at the beauty of his music which is an expression of his beautiful soul.

  • @pedroferreiraferreira381
    @pedroferreiraferreira381 3 роки тому +6

    NICE TALK. I WAS REALLY CURIOUS ON WHY MUSIC HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT IN MY LIFE, THANK YOU

  • @kgomotsomoloi2915
    @kgomotsomoloi2915 Місяць тому

    Well presented Sir thank you 👏👏👏

  • @midighostbeatz7945
    @midighostbeatz7945 3 роки тому +1

    Deep AF.. !Added to favourites for future reference!!!

  • @JayCee-hw4zc
    @JayCee-hw4zc Рік тому

    You are soooo right! Keep speaking.

  • @marcsantamaria4097
    @marcsantamaria4097 2 роки тому +2

    I love music and this just confirms what many of us already know. But I married someone who has no interest in music. I wish we could connect through music, but it's just not going to happen. Honestly asking for advice. I'm not trying to change her, I just wish she knew the power of music. Thanks.

  • @allangabrielle5215
    @allangabrielle5215 4 роки тому +1

    What a wonderful presentation.

  • @yoelczalas
    @yoelczalas Рік тому

    Thank you so much for that kind of content.

  • @carollienps77
    @carollienps77 2 роки тому +2

    This is true! Music can affects our emotions and other aspects in life

  • @wellbodisalone
    @wellbodisalone Місяць тому

    Great explanation about music! 🎵

  • @vaidakas2684
    @vaidakas2684 3 місяці тому

    I think calming music should be used in the emergency rooms for patients who are sitting in pain and waiting for hours to see the doctor.

  • @farhanislam4693
    @farhanislam4693 4 роки тому +1

    Simply Brilliant

  • @axelbriizt
    @axelbriizt Рік тому

    one of the best Ted talks i've ever heard!!

  • @dineshnaik3802
    @dineshnaik3802 3 роки тому +2

    BECAUSE OF MY TEACHER I AM HERE🖤🖤

  • @MrBones-db5bh
    @MrBones-db5bh 4 роки тому +7

    Music's my entire my burning desire!!! my DMT, ayahuasca symphony number 3 delta alpha Beethoven Mozart were right !!!!

  • @skullslick
    @skullslick 4 роки тому +9

    I wish I could know what views or opinion Mr. Alan Harvey has towards the musical standard tuning of 432.00 being changed to 440.00...I know what facts are, I'm looking for testimony. Thanks for the lesson TEDx Talks.

  • @akanjioluwadara662
    @akanjioluwadara662 6 місяців тому

    What an awesome lecture! I love the presentation!

  • @JohnTBasco
    @JohnTBasco 3 роки тому

    I heard about this talk from Pastor David Asscherick..Fascinating!!

  • @nathan_abela
    @nathan_abela 5 років тому +4

    Best talk I have heard in a while; true gentleman!

  • @ferrygirl100
    @ferrygirl100 4 роки тому +2

    Oh gosh, I am from Perth, never knew about this. Sorry I missed it. Sadly my cats both react the same when I sing....almost the same reaction to the the badly played piece of music "Once a Jolly Swagman" when it was played. They cry and leave the room.

  • @imb4u8debbu37
    @imb4u8debbu37 5 років тому +3

    Great talk Alan. See you at the Contra Dance for some tunes. 🎶🎻

  • @arnystieber732
    @arnystieber732 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent presentation and examples!

  • @womaninblack8333
    @womaninblack8333 Рік тому

    I absolutely loved this

  • @great-garden-watch
    @great-garden-watch 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for making me cry jeez. Well all irish music…

  • @carliecotton9219
    @carliecotton9219 11 місяців тому

    Just absolutely awesome!

  • @Natsymons
    @Natsymons 4 роки тому

    Great talk Alan!

  • @marythorpe4331
    @marythorpe4331 Рік тому

    Amazing. Thank you.

  • @kevinreed95
    @kevinreed95 5 років тому +3

    This is beautiful. Thank you!

  • @HIGHLANDER_ONLY_ONE
    @HIGHLANDER_ONLY_ONE 3 роки тому

    Love it!!! 🎶

  • @noemicaban9251
    @noemicaban9251 2 роки тому

    Excellent!! Thanks!

  • @estefaniahernandez4188
    @estefaniahernandez4188 3 роки тому

    Love it!!

  • @Meandmymirror
    @Meandmymirror Рік тому +1

    This was amazing! It’s like I knew all of that but I didn’t really understand why. I still don’t understand why I know the lyrics to so many songs.

  • @jbridges399
    @jbridges399 4 роки тому +3

    so this is why when I quit listening to music for days I feel my mental clarity go through the roof and I feel smarter

  • @qwer1234721
    @qwer1234721 3 роки тому +2

    Very inspiring!

  • @lewisnewton412
    @lewisnewton412 5 років тому +2

    Amazing

  • @Chris_2023_
    @Chris_2023_ 8 місяців тому

    Brilliant video!

  • @JussiTuukkanen
    @JussiTuukkanen 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @tommyjohnson8016
    @tommyjohnson8016 2 роки тому

    Very good thank you ted.

  • @gokuljayakumar619
    @gokuljayakumar619 3 роки тому

    Wonderful presentation. :)

  • @flowerbunny3225
    @flowerbunny3225 3 роки тому +2

    This is absolutely awesome. Just what I was looking for. Thank you

  • @Ivanchek_
    @Ivanchek_ 2 роки тому +1

    Justo las vocales que buscaba

  • @Ojuolape
    @Ojuolape 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant!

  • @AdhiyogaSystem
    @AdhiyogaSystem Рік тому

    I love this.

  • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
    @Starry_Night_Sky7455 4 роки тому +2

    We also benefit from quietness, and public places that have far less piped in formula music.

  • @sujayasuj
    @sujayasuj Рік тому

    Interesting talk, music feeds the soul! What I am interested in knowing is does the electrodes also pick up the sound of the music played directly or it only reads the internal vibrations of the brain? Thank you, appreciate your knowledge and information Mr Harvey!

  • @TerraExodus
    @TerraExodus 10 місяців тому

    The sound of angels is most pleasing. Just don't get lost in the siren's song.

  • @vijayalakshmigopinath8476
    @vijayalakshmigopinath8476 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent. Speech. Thank. You. Very much. Sir

  • @philmanson2991
    @philmanson2991 10 місяців тому

    Any time a movie score goes to a minor key, you know something bad is about to happen.
    I believe humans are hard-wired for music, even is some cannot sing nor play an instrument. We can tell when a sound is consonant or dissonant. Heck, the I-#5 interval was called the "Devil's Note" and was not sung for centuries!!
    Then, the 20th century dawned, and dissonance was cool: bebop, free jazz, prog rock, composers like Prokofiev and Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, the list is endless!

  • @skullslick
    @skullslick 4 роки тому +6

    PS - This a question not a challenge...thank you again!

  • @regotrorawespazing6897
    @regotrorawespazing6897 2 роки тому +1

    @7:11 man absolutely felt the pressure 😅

  • @akshaypatyal3228
    @akshaypatyal3228 2 роки тому

    great presentation

  • @corryjookit7818
    @corryjookit7818 3 роки тому

    I have all of the list re memory etc except mproved mathematic skills. . Long lasting effects seemsgreat !

  • @NormanPrather
    @NormanPrather 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating talk about something I've been researching as a personal interest. Relatively recent life events led to the realization my experience of music is different from those around me. I've been astonished to learn music either reinforces or creates emotional experiences for most people. I've never experienced that and still find this difficult to comprehend.

  • @ineshomemdemelo9254
    @ineshomemdemelo9254 2 роки тому +5

    Why isn't there more music in hospitals?
    :((

  • @CeleneSantos
    @CeleneSantos 4 роки тому +2

    If dreams came true, mine would be to attend a class of yours or be part of your research team

  • @BEASTYBYRD
    @BEASTYBYRD 4 роки тому +2

    Amazing video, but I demand an explanation for why they are using Windows XP during the EEG.... IN 2018!!!

  • @barbelreuter6117
    @barbelreuter6117 3 роки тому +2

    Ich glaube an die Heilkraft von Musik, Lachen, Weinen 😢, 🙏

  • @jarrahtree5130
    @jarrahtree5130 4 роки тому +5

    No waaaay! This was hosted in Perth? PSO played in this? Waaaaat!?

  • @devingomez2346
    @devingomez2346 3 роки тому

    This is really cool

  • @cristiansosa1512
    @cristiansosa1512 Рік тому

    8:47 off-topic but I loved how they still were using Windows XP.

  • @lexdotart
    @lexdotart 2 роки тому

    Was I the only one who sorta enjoyed the dischordant notes? Felt nice as harmony. XD

  • @vloggerboyshekhar
    @vloggerboyshekhar 3 роки тому +1

    Hope our parents could understand it........ there is something more than medical and engineering....

  • @topman8565
    @topman8565 4 роки тому

    I love this song