INTRODUCTION The present research investigated the effects of two different types of music on cardiovascular responses in essential hypertensive men in comparison with healthy men based on introversion and extraversion. METHODS One hundred and thirteen hypertensive men referred to Madani Heart Hospital in Tabriz completed the NEO-FFI Questionnaire and after obtaining acceptable scores were cl...

The role of music in increasing the exercise performance is well recognised. There is very little information about effect of music on time taken for post exercise recovery. We examined the effect of music and different musical tempo on post exercise recovery time, following treadmill work. 30 volunteers (15 male, 15 female) subjected to isotonic exercise (submaximal treadmill work) on three co...

OBJECTIVES This research aims at studying the neuroendocrine effects of music on creating morphine dependence in mice using conditioned place preference (CPP). METHODS The mice treated with 10 mg/kg morphine subcutaneously, fast music and slow music. Morphine was used to create dependence. In order to recognize the morphine rewarding effects, CPP technique was used. In the conditioning stage ...

When people listen to music, they hear beat and a metrical structure in the rhythm; these perceived patterns enable coordination with the music. A clear correspondence between the tempo of actual movement (e.g., walking) and that of music has been demonstrated, but whether similar coordination occurs during motor imagery is unknown. Twenty participants walked naturally for 8m, either physically...

comparison of the effect of instrumental music and voices of holy quran on anxiety of woman before cesarean.     sharifi a [1] *, alipour a [2] , baharloei s [3]     received: 24 aug, 2012 accepted: 20 nov, 2012   abstract   background & aims : fear and anxiety before surgery characterized with the stress with arousal of the autonomic nervous system that causes physical and psychological change...

introduction fetal movement started at the 7th weeks of pregnancy and by the end of pregnancy will gradually be perfect and harmonious. near-term fetuses can discriminate acoustic features, such as frequencies and spectra, and process complex auditory streams. in this study, we aimed to evaluate fatal movement in response to music and vibration stimulation. materials and methods this study is a...

We present results from two experiments that investigate the nature of pragmatic inferences triggered by numeral modifiers (namely at least and more than when embedded under universal quantifiers). We have found that while both types of modifiers give rise to implicatures, they differ in the extent to which they trigger such inferences, contra current theoretical analyses (e.g. Büring 2008, Sch...

conclusions music therapy is a safe, simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive nursing intervention, which can significantly alleviate patients’ anxiety during coronary angioplasty. patients and methods this was a randomized controlled trial, conducted in the catheterization laboratory unit of baqiyatallah hospital, in tehran, iran. a sample of 64 patients, who were planned to undergo coronary angi...