A new dementia treatment with quieting focus, subtle sound vibration, and intentional shared silence: Introducing Resona...
Published in Dementia (London, England)
Lucid dream induction by auditory stimulation and reality testing during early-morning sleep
One challenge in lucid dream research executed in a laboratory setting is the reliable induction of lucid dreams. A possible way to solve this issue is the combination of already known and effective induction techniques (Stumbrys, Erlacher, Schädlich, & Schredl, 2012). The present study combines the wake-up-back-to-bed sleep protocol (WBTB) with re...
Neurostimulation durch Musik
Published in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin
Was ist die Musik und wie wirkt sie sich auf den menschlichen Körper aus? Historisch betrachtet wird die Musik als etwas Göttliches aufgefasst, da sie eine äußerst große Wirkung auf die Emotionen des Menschen besitzt. Dieser Effekt wirkt sich auch psychosomatisch aus und kann das Denken und Handeln des Zuhörers beeinflussen und steuern. So lässt si...
Change-Point Detection of Peak Tibial Acceleration in Overground Running Retraining
A method is presented for detecting changes in the axial peak tibial acceleration while adapting to self-discovered lower-impact running. Ten runners with high peak tibial acceleration were equipped with a wearable auditory biofeedback system. They ran on an athletic track without and with real-time auditory biofeedback at the instructed speed of 3...
From Music to Armed Struggle, from 1968 to Action Directe: An Interview with Jean-Marc Rouillan
Jean-Marc Rouillan is one of the founding members of Action directe (1977–1987). In this interview, he talks about the connection between his musical practices and his political activism since the May 1968 events in France, the role of music and sound in the armed struggle of Action directe, and the place he attributes to music in the history of po...
Sound, Music and Violence
How can the study of sound and music help us to understand collective violence and war? How can the study of war and collective violence help us to understand the importance of musical practices and listening for human beings? This special issue of Transposition explores these questions through an analysis of the links between sound, music and viol...
Introduction. Sound, Music and Violence
Listening can become a tool for exploration of, engagement with and sensorial knowledge of the world. Music can be a device for projecting, framing and preparing for confrontation with the enemy. How can the study of sound and music help us to understand collective violence and war? How can the study of war and collective violence help us to unders...
De la musique à la lutte armée, de 1968 à Action directe : entretien avec Jean-Marc Rouillan
Jean-Marc Rouillan est l’un des membres fondateurs d’Action directe (1977-1987). Dans cet entretien, il parle des liens entre sa pratique musicale et l’expérience sensible de son engagement politique depuis 1968, du rôle de la musique et du son dans la lutte armée d’Action directe, ainsi que de la place qu’il attribue à la musique dans la mémoire d...
Introduction. Son, musique et violence
L’écoute peut devenir un outil d’exploration, d’engagement et de connaissance sensible du monde. La musique peut être un moyen de projeter, d’encadrer et de préparer l’affrontement avec l’ennemi. De quelle façon l’étude du son et de la musique peut-elle aider à comprendre la violence collective et la guerre ? Comment l’étude de la guerre et de la v...
Automatic Tuning of High Piano Tones
Piano tuning is known to be difficult because the stiffness of piano strings causes the tones produced to be inharmonic. Aural tuning is time consuming and requires the help of a professional. This motivates the question of whether this process can be automated. Attempts at automatic tuning are usually assessed by comparing the Railsback curve of t...
