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بررسی الکتروانسفالوگرام شبکه موثر مغز انسان در حین گوش دادن به موسیقی به منظور تشخیص احساسات

In the current research brain effective networks related to happy and sad emotions are studied during listening to music. Connectivity patterns among different EEG channels were extracted using multivariate autoregressive modeling and partial directed coherence while participants listened to musical excerpts. Both classical and Iranian musical selections were used as stimulus. Participants’ se...

War, Peace, and Cinema: Excerpts from the Foreign Policy of the USA with a Look at Stanley Kubrick’s Cinema

The notion of peace, regardless of theorizations accepted in th field and since the                  Enlightenment Period, and the era known as Modernism, has, constantly, been one of the challenges of mankind, and also scientists in the field of political sciences and international relations.  Contrary to the presentation of the idea of peace and respect to the human rights in some of the fore...

Name that tune: identifying popular recordings from brief excerpts.

We tested listeners' ability to identify brief excerpts from popular recordings. Listeners were required to match 200- or 100-msec excerpts with the song titles and artists. Performance was well above chance levels for 200-msec excerpts and poorer but still better than chance for 100-msec excerpts. Performance fell to chance levels when dynamic (time-varying) information was disrupted by playin...

Student feedback about the use of literature excerpts in Sparshanam, a Medical Humanities module

Medical humanities (MH) modules have been conducted for first year students at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal for the last four years. Literature excerpts are widely used in MH programs in developed nations. In Nepal English language literature excerpts had been used previously in two modules. Problems noted were difficulty in comprehending the excerpts and relating them to the Nepalese ...

Extraordinary Leader Insights Excerpts from The Extraordinary Leader-ATEL50.13-5WEB.indd

Expressive intent, ambiguity, and aesthetic experiences of music and poetry

A growing number of studies are investigating the way that aesthetic experiences are generated across different media. Empathy with a perceived human artist has been suggested as a common mechanism [1]. In this study, people heard 30 s excerpts of ambiguous music and poetry preceded by neutral, positively valenced, or negatively valenced information about the composer's or author's intent. The ...