Re:The Mozart Effect

August 9, 2003

Hi

Here is an exerpt from another study of the Mozart Effect.

This was copied from the EA Bulletin, published by Epilepsy Toronto

172-5963

> fall/winter 2000. I hope some of you find it interesting or helpful.

>

> Music as a Treatment for Epilepsy?

>

> Would you believe that the music of Mozart has been found to decrease

> epileptiform activity in people experiencing seizures? Dr. , a

> neurologist at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago,

> conducted a study on 36 individuals, some of whom were in a coma or in

> status epilepticus. Twenty-nine showed a marked reduction in seizure

> activity. Mozart's Piano Sonata in D Major ( opus K. 448) also had a

> positive effect on the seizures of a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome,

> according to Dr. ' studies that have appeared in the EEG journal

> Clinical Electroencephalography.

>

> What is it about Mozart, and specifically the Piano Sonata in D Major, K.

> 448, that is so special? According to Dr. , it has to do with

> sequencing of musical patterns. He believes that sequences that repeat

over

> 20-30 seconds may trigger the strongest brain responses because many

> functions of the central nervous system, such as the onset of sleep and

> brain-wave patterns, also occur in 30-second cycles. Dr. ' research

> opens intriguing possibilities for using music to enlist the innate nature

> of brain organization to reconfigure brain wave patterns and assist in

> seizure control.

> (Excerpted from an article by Isa Milman in " The Brain Wave " ,

> Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre, with permission).

At 09:10 AM 8/10/03, you wrote:

>Has anyone tried the Mozart Effect for their kids seizures. There's

>an interesting article at

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