RAB Source Entry 3 – Carlos V.

Source entry #3

Part 1- MLA Citation 

Rubin, Peter. “How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Way Imaginable.” Wired. www.wired.com, https://www.wired.com/story/tech-effects-how-does-music-affect-your-brain/

Part 2- Summary 

In Wired “How Does Music Affect Your Brain?” the video consists of several interviews with patients and artists. Peter Rubin looks at how music can change our moods, why we get the chills, and how it can change pathways in our brains. Rubin asked young musicians what their thoughts were while playing music. Their answers talked about postures and about being consistent with their instrument, but while testing their brains, they found that the multitasking part of their brains had lit up. Not just that, but some changes in the brain structures. Daniel J. Levintin talks about how brain scans can show how multiple parts of the brain work simultaneously while listening to music. Activating regions such as the Auditory Cortex, Visual Cortex, Motor Cortex, Cerebellum, and Hippocampus. Music activates both halves of the brain, and while listening to melodies you enjoy, it triggers the brain’s internal opioid system, which helps you to alleviate stress. Another interesting point was when Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in 2011; the left side of her brain was damaged. She struggled to speak, which is known as (aphasia). But as soon as she started singing, she was able to sing the word instead of saying it. Proving how music therapy can be used to regain language or memories and learning to play music can strengthen brain connections, as seen in most musicians. Music can be described as a universal language, breaking cultural barriers and making everyone feel something, even if they don’t understand it.

Part 3- Rhetorical Analysis

The video piece “How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Way Imaginable.” Gives an informative insight on the effects and what neurologists have found in various brain scans. The Audience for this Video is musicians but also parent’s or patients who are currently looking for alternate therapy solutions. Peter Rubin used Pathos by letting young musicians speak about their own journey in music and how multiple patients relearn speaking abilities by accessing alternate pathways in the brain. Also, while Rubin was tested, he had connections with classical music and even the rock band “The Rolling Stones” which made him feel intrigued. This video showed Logos by conducting many brain scans while interacting with music and helping the audience understand why this alternate pathway is important to regain speaking abilities or reduce stress. Wired is a company that speaks about technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Many celebrities do their famous Autocomplete Interviews in Wired. In this video Rubin uses Ethos by speaking with a neurologists Daniel J. Levintin who has written a book called “This Is Your Brain On Music” not only does he discuss about various regions of the brain but also explains how they are now using better neuroimaging techniques and better experimental methods, ensuring the audience that his research his well informed and valuable.

Part 4- Notable Quotes

“It’s actually maybe the most fundamental form of what it means to be human, to come up with a new idea”.

“some people get goosebumps chills that weird tingly sensation that you get when a great piece of music just hits you in the right way it’s called for song and not everyone gets it but it turns out I do now we’re gonna have you listened to some pieces of music when you experience a chill if you do I want you to just press the spacebar so we have an indication of when the sort of peak moments of enjoyment are happening okay”

“Music is so much more than notes on a page, it can change the way we think and feel but is there a limit on what science can tell us about music”