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"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intelligent use of the arts knows, is not to be used, as is commonly thought, to give irrational pleasure, but as a heaven-sent ally in reducing to order and harmony any disharmony in the revolutions within us."
-Plato
Watch The Man With The Seven Second Memory On Real Stories
youtube.com/watch?v=k_P7Y0-wgos
Real Life: The Man With The Seven Second Memory by ITV Global Studios
itvstudios.com/programmes/real-life-the-man-with-the-seven-second-memory
**** LINKS AND SOURCES ****
BOOKS
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks on Amazon
geni.us/Musicophilia
Music And The Mind by Anthony Storr on Amazon
geni.us/MusicAndTheMind
How Music Works by John Powell on Amazon
geni.us/HowMusicWorks
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain on Amazon
geni.us/MusicTheBrainEcstasy
ARTICLES
Brains Of Deaf People Rewire To ‘Hear’ Music by Walter Neary
http://www.washington.edu/news/2001/11/27/brains-of-deaf-people-rewire-to-hear-music/
Kierkegarrd On Music
digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/111983/H_Musicologica_27-1992-1_7.pdf?sequence=1
Thinking Sounds By Marcel Cobussen
cobussen.com/research/music-and-spirituality
Music And The Shopper by Kimberly Sean Moore
psychologytoday.com/blog/your-musical-self/201412/music-and-the-shopper
Why Music Plays A Big Role In What You Buy by Madeline Ford
blog.motivemetrics.com/The-Psychology-of-Music-Why-Music-Plays-a-Big-Role-in-What-You-Buy
The Subliminal Influence Of Ambient Music On Shoppers
psychologistworld.com/behavior/ambient-music-retail-psychological-arousal-customers.php
Music And Emotions by Daniela and Bernd Willimek
willimekmusic.de/music-and-emotions.pdf
The Theory Of Musical Equilibration
omicsonline.org/open-access/why-do-minor-chords-sound-sad-the-theory-of-musical-equilibration-and-the-emotions-of-chords-2161-0487.1000139.php?aid=24803
The Surprising Science Behind What Music Does To Our Brains by Belle Beth Cooper
fastcompany.com/3022942/work-smart/the-surprising-science-behind-what-music-does-to-our-brains
Unborn Babies Played Music In The Womb ‘Remember The Melodies When They Are Born’
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1364120/Unborn-babies-played-music-womb-remember-melodies-born.html
The Universal Language Of Lullaby
bbc.com/news/magazine-21035103
How Musical Is Man? by John Blacking
amazon.com/Musical-Jessie-John-Danz-Lectures/dp/0295953381
scribd.com/doc/104131606/How-Musical-is-Man-John-Blacking
The Power Of Music by Oliver Sacks
academic.oup.com/brain/article/129/10/2528/292982/The-power-of-music
Psychology Of Workout Music by Ferris Jabr
scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-workout-music
RESEARCH PAPERS
Neural Correlates Of Specific Musical Anhedonia
pnas.org/content/113/46/E7337.abstract
Effect Of Music-Movement Sychrony On Exercise Oxygen Consumption
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22828457
ASSET CREDITS
Neaderthal In Shanidar Cave by Alton Tobey uploaded by Amanda 737
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanidar_cave-Neanderthal.jpg
altontobey.com/man.html
Brain Scans of Patients With Parkinsonian Symptoms by psjrbrown
youtube.com/watch?v=U2EqDXEttS4
Music Walking Program For Parkinson’s University Of Calgary
youtube.com/watch?v=eNpoVeLfMKg
Hope by George Frederic Watts
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_(painting)
VSAUCE CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: instagram.com/kevlieber
Twitter: twitter.com/kevinlieber
Website: kevinlieber.com
Contributing Researcher & Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
http://koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
jaypellizzi.com
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
twitter.com/pixichuu
Special Thanks Sean Malone
citizena.tv
Special Thanks Joshua Mark
http://www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
Special Thanks Eric Dombrowski
ericdombrowski.com
Vsauce2 Links
Twitter: twitter.com/VsauceTwo
Facebook: facebook.com/VsauceTwo
Website: Vsauce.com
The Curiosity Box
curiositybox.com
What Is Music?
"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intelligent use of the arts knows, is not to be used, as is commonly thought, to give irrational pleasure, but as a heaven-sent ally in reducing to order and harmony any disharmony in the revolutions within us."
-Plato
Watch The Man With The Seven Second Memory On Real Stories
youtube.com/watch?v=k_P7Y0-wgos
Real Life: The Man With The Seven Second Memory by ITV Global Studios
itvstudios.com/programmes/real-life-the-man-with-the-seven-second-memory
**** LINKS AND SOURCES ****
BOOKS
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks on Amazon
geni.us/Musicophilia
Music And The Mind by Anthony Storr on Amazon
geni.us/MusicAndTheMind
How Music Works by John Powell on Amazon
geni.us/HowMusicWorks
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain on Amazon
geni.us/MusicTheBrainEcstasy
ARTICLES
Brains Of Deaf People Rewire To ‘Hear’ Music by Walter Neary
http://www.washington.edu/news/2001/11/27/brains-of-deaf-people-rewire-to-hear-music/
Kierkegarrd On Music
digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/111983/H_Musicologica_27-1992-1_7.pdf?sequence=1
Thinking Sounds By Marcel Cobussen
cobussen.com/research/music-and-spirituality
Music And The Shopper by Kimberly Sean Moore
psychologytoday.com/blog/your-musical-self/201412/music-and-the-shopper
Why Music Plays A Big Role In What You Buy by Madeline Ford
blog.motivemetrics.com/The-Psychology-of-Music-Why-Music-Plays-a-Big-Role-in-What-You-Buy
The Subliminal Influence Of Ambient Music On Shoppers
psychologistworld.com/behavior/ambient-music-retail-psychological-arousal-customers.php
Music And Emotions by Daniela and Bernd Willimek
willimekmusic.de/music-and-emotions.pdf
The Theory Of Musical Equilibration
omicsonline.org/open-access/why-do-minor-chords-sound-sad-the-theory-of-musical-equilibration-and-the-emotions-of-chords-2161-0487.1000139.php?aid=24803
The Surprising Science Behind What Music Does To Our Brains by Belle Beth Cooper
fastcompany.com/3022942/work-smart/the-surprising-science-behind-what-music-does-to-our-brains
Unborn Babies Played Music In The Womb ‘Remember The Melodies When They Are Born’
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1364120/Unborn-babies-played-music-womb-remember-melodies-born.html
The Universal Language Of Lullaby
bbc.com/news/magazine-21035103
How Musical Is Man? by John Blacking
amazon.com/Musical-Jessie-John-Danz-Lectures/dp/0295953381
scribd.com/doc/104131606/How-Musical-is-Man-John-Blacking
The Power Of Music by Oliver Sacks
academic.oup.com/brain/article/129/10/2528/292982/The-power-of-music
Psychology Of Workout Music by Ferris Jabr
scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-workout-music
RESEARCH PAPERS
Neural Correlates Of Specific Musical Anhedonia
pnas.org/content/113/46/E7337.abstract
Effect Of Music-Movement Sychrony On Exercise Oxygen Consumption
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22828457
ASSET CREDITS
Neaderthal In Shanidar Cave by Alton Tobey uploaded by Amanda 737
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanidar_cave-Neanderthal.jpg
altontobey.com/man.html
Brain Scans of Patients With Parkinsonian Symptoms by psjrbrown
youtube.com/watch?v=U2EqDXEttS4
Music Walking Program For Parkinson’s University Of Calgary
youtube.com/watch?v=eNpoVeLfMKg
Hope by George Frederic Watts
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_(painting)
VSAUCE CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: instagram.com/kevlieber
Twitter: twitter.com/kevinlieber
Website: kevinlieber.com
Contributing Researcher & Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
http://koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
jaypellizzi.com
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
twitter.com/pixichuu
Special Thanks Sean Malone
citizena.tv
Special Thanks Joshua Mark
http://www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
Special Thanks Eric Dombrowski
ericdombrowski.com
Vsauce2 Links
Twitter: twitter.com/VsauceTwo
Facebook: facebook.com/VsauceTwo
Website: Vsauce.com
The Curiosity Box
curiositybox.com
What Is Music?
