Gloria Holmes
The beneficial power of music on humans has been studied throughout the ages. For some time now, the sonata has been of particular interest to scholars: one for two piano in D major K448 by Mozart. And for good reason, it will have particularly interesting effects on people with epilepsy.
New study Published September 16, 2021 in Scientific Reports, deciphering this amazing phenomenon a little more. Because if scientists know the benefits of this music on epilepsy patients, they don’t really know how to explain it. Today, the mystery is slowly going away.
Contrasting harmony
To conduct this research, the researchers selected sixteen patients with epilepsy who were not affected by the medications. Then the sensors were implanted in direct contact with their brains To monitor the onset of a seizure. Finally, the scientists played sonatas to patients, hoping to monitor the areas of the brain on which this music plays.
As a result, after at least 30 seconds of listening, the electroencephalographic phenomenon characteristic of epilepsy decreased in his patients, Science alert media reports. This effect was particularly significant on certain passages of the melody, particularly in the moments of transition between musical phrases of more than ten seconds. Furthermore, only Mozart seems to produce this effect; Listening to Wagner, for example, did not produce significant results.
Scientists explain this phenomenon based on the construction of the Austrian song itself. His sonatas actually consist of a series of completely different melodies, which each time create a feeling of astonishment. Thus, these contradictory and unexpected harmonies have a positive effect in the areas of the brain associated with the emotional responses of a person with epilepsy. A kind of anti-foot musical sequence with healing and soothing power.
While many misunderstood areas remain to be elucidated, this discovery paves the way for new, non-invasive therapies to treat this chronic disease. Scientists now want to pinpoint the very beneficial properties of this sonata and one day create an anti-epileptic musical genre.
