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Music to beat the blues

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Sep 10, 2010 Updated Sep 13, 2010

Patients could soon be prescribed a tailored mix of music as part of treatment for a range of depressive illnesses.

Scientists at Glasgow Caledonian University are using a mixture of psychology and audio engineering to analyse a composition's lyrics, tone and even the thoughts associated with it.

They're hoping to develop a mathematical model that explains music's ability to communicate different emotions, and eventually to devise computer programs that identify music capable of influencing mood.

Source: BBC News external link

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On Sep 12, 2010. 6:41pm
Anonymous said

Surely you're kidding. It took scientists at a university to tell us this? Music has had a major influence on our behaviour for centuries.

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