What’s the magic in Mozart’s flute? One theory is that the intricate musical structures may resonate in the brain’s dense web, lubricating the flow of neurons. Gordon Shaw, a University of California, Irvine. physics professor involved in the research, says neural structure includes regular firing patterns that build along the surface of the brain like bridges. Mozart’s musical architecture may evoke a sympathetic response from the brain the way one vibrating piano string can set another humming.
Shaw suspects that other music may have a similar effect, and he wants to take on genres like rock and roll and jazz. His guess is that Louis Armstrong and Axl Rose will fire up the intellect as well as the imagination. Both seem to move the hips.
