˗ˏˋ ChristineDinata ˎˊ˗

When I first stumble upon Muse™ , I was looking for an EEG headpiece that I could purchase for my Research and Development subject. One part of my research is to understand the brain activity of a person when listening to a certain type of music. By looking at the Alpha waves of the brain activity scan, it can show how one perceives the music they are listening to. Muse™ is an EEG device widely used by neuroscience researchers around the world. It uses advanced signal processing to interpret your mental activity to help guide you. When your mind is calm and settled, you hear peaceful weather. Busy mind? As your focus drifts, you’ll hear stormy weather that cues you to bring your attention back to your breath. Muse™ connects to your phone via Bluetooth, and once you're connected, users can immediately open the Muse™ Meditation app, put their headphones on and close their eyes. Once the session is completed, users can review their results and track the progress. ...

Have you ever notice the feeling when you're listening to a certain song, your emotions might change according to that? When you're listening to a sad song , you might feel that your mood becomes slower and sadder, and you felt as if your life is from a music video. Or when you're listening to a happy song , you started to feel that you want to tap your feet, sing along, dance around, or even join a flash mob? Music is really powerful in that sense it can alter a person's emotions just by listening to a certain type of music. A video by neuroscientist and musician, Alan Harvey, sharing his believes and studies in an interactive storytelling narrative in his TEDxPerth talk youtube video. A part of the video which really stood out to me; and I even used it as a study case presentation in my class, was the part where he showed the audience how different type of music with the same shark video clip, can change how a person perceives said clip. Going into the video,...