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To: Jeffrey <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: last month summary
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:35:55 +0000
Hi Jeffrey,
I am about 10 days behind in my work this last month. I was held back from
. I will keep a log of
these days and make up for them.
This last month I did the following:
• published 4 articles (I otherwise do 8 per month).
• drafted and fleshed out seven forum con its includin•:
• posted your concepts on a host of science blogs and forums
• listed your websites, blog and forum with google analytics. (your .org site has had approx. 30,000 visitors)
• Wikipedia: I finally got your photo changed and mug shot removed. Put all your website links onto Wiki as well as
positive press links.
• updated your websites and blog with content.
• created a proper site map for your .org site.
• talked with Business Wire to set up a press release account with them. They did a complimentary analysis of my
press releases and things I can do to optimize them.
• talked with CEO of Reputation Changer. He's ready to do a conference call with you.
My goal this month is:
• 8 press articles via Business Wire, optimizing them slightly differently.
• Blasting your forum concepts on every discussion panel, blog I can find.
• Fleshing out all of your concepts further.
• Hopefully getting you started with Reputation Changer.
• Printing out all my articles to date and giving them to Leslie so you have copies of your press to date.
Below is a sample concept:
Can music be an insight into the workings of the brain? For example, why does the brain like to hear octaves,
certain harmonies and pitch resolution?
Music is the manipulation of audible frequencies. More specifically, it is the establishment and manipulation of
frequency patterns and frequency intensities. So why does the brain find patterns and various sequences of
frequency intensities stimulating?
Some Background:
The ear converts all sound waves into electrochemical impulses that charge the neocortex of the brain. More
specifically, the basilar membrane of the brain in the cochlea, the small snail-like structure in the inner ear,
vibrates to incoming sound and at different sinusoidal frequencies due to variations in thickness and width along
the length of the membrane. Tonotopy studies the spatial arrangement of frequencies along the basilar
membrane.
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The tonotopy of frequencies projects through the vestibulocochlear nerve, through associated midbrain
structures, through the auditory radiation pathway and to the primary auditory cortex. Throughout the radiation
pathway, frequency organization is linear in accordance to neural sensitivity; (human auditory neurons react to
vibrations in air pressure that occur between 20 to 20,000 times per second-20hz to 20,000hz on the human
audible spectrum). However, binaural fusion in the superior oliviary complex affects the signal strength of each
ganglion. As a result, six tonotopic maps have been identified in the primary auditory cortex of humans.
Pitches are frequencies of increasing or decreasing multiples. Higher pitches translate to higher frequencies.
Lower pitches to lower ones. Pitches that are an octave apart correspond to frequencies that have exactly half or
double the frequency. For example, if one note has a frequency of 440 Hz, the note an octave above it is at 880
Hz, and the note an octave below is at 220 Hz. Harmonies are frequencies with whole number multiples of the
fundamental (or lowest) frequency of any pitch. Resolution in western tonal music theory is the move of a note
or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to consonance (a more final or stable sounding one). In terms of
audible frequency, resolution is the move from non-multiple frequencies back to a frequency that is a multiple of
the dominant fundamental frequency.
Theories and Questions:
1. Patterns, whether visual, rhythmic or audible have been shown to stimulate the brain. Patterns facilitate
and reward prediction and prediction is a network and prioritization of associative memory. Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) shows that the orbitofrontal cortex plays a critical role, amongst
others, in making predictions and leads to an increase in B-endorphin levels and a decrease in plasma
cortisol, a marker for stress. So what does the desire for predictions tell us about the brain?
2. Similar, to reading a book or watching a movie, the manipulation of frequency intensities found in music
can mimic human life experiences and all the stimulating associations that come with it. The second
question therefore, is why does the human brain like to experience a duplication of its experiences?
From: Jerre <'eevacation
mail.com>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:49 PM
Subject:
Please summarize this months work to date
Sony for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone
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