Re: [microsound] sound-psychology-ego-zen-death

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>"tobias c. van Veen" wrote:
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>>  Of interest, there's a certain Prof. over at Harvard Psych who is looking at
>>  using music -- specifically ambient and microsound -- to attempt to calm
>  > "ADD" kids.

A coworker of mine has an 8 year old diagnosed with "sensory 
integration" - which is something akin to ADD ( but i don't really 
know enough about it). Her teachers had suggested she play him some 
music to help him feel calmer, etc. He did not like any of the stuff 
they suggested. I gave her "Akufen- My Way", "Jan Jelinek-Loop 
Finding Jazz Records" and "Pole-2". He loved them and it reduced his 
outbursts significantly. My theory was just that these recordings 
have a lot of little details which just kept his brain occupied, 
instead of letting it wander.

Anyway just some anecdotal evidence of the efficacy of such an approach.
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