O'Donnell, Laurence . "Music Power ." Music and
the Brain . N.p., 1999.
Web. 20 Mar 2012.
<http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.htm
This website is written by Laurence O’Donnell and he does a
good job providing interesting facts and statistics on how music affects the
body. The author himself is a musician
and plays the bassoon, therefore he has direct knowledge on how music affects
him personally. Throughout his website
he breaks down specific ways for how music affects the body, making his website
more reliable. For example, he talks
about bodily responses to music, the power of music on memory and learning,
healthy effects, and music’s effect on plants and animals. He presents his website well by adding
various pictures related to the information being provided and also adds some
color to the page.
Campbell, Music's
affects on the Human Body . N.p., n.d.
Web. 20 Mar 2012.
<http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~dthompso/exhib_03/jasonc/Music's_Affects_on_the_Human_Body.html>.
Campbell Index is used throughout this website as a
source and the site each way possible that music has on the body. Campbell did a fantastic job giving its audience
a full understanding of how music affects the body in such a large way. This happens because examples were provided
throughout the website after they had just explained a major topic. For example, after the website discussed the
topic about how music reduces muscle tension and improves body movement and
coordination, right after stating this was an example on a study conducted by
Colorado State in 1991. By providing
examples for most of the issues discussed, the audience finds it more believable
and easier to understand.
. "eMedExpert ." How Music
Affects Us and Promotes Health. N.p., 2011. Web. 20 Mar 2012.
<http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtml>.
eMedExpert
is a unique free online company dedicated to providing a website that gives
great information on health and medicine.
Throughout the site they try to encourage their audience that music
affects people and promotes health. They
do this by providing reliable information, statistics, pictures, and
examples. Key points they cover through
the website include music heals, effects of music on the brain, music improves
physical performance, music helps to work more productively, improves mood, and
help to sleep. This website has 35
references, so that explains that the website is reliable and contains a lot of
information from various other places.
This website also provides links to enable you to visit other websites
and learn more about that specific topic.
Gray , Richard . "The Telegraph ." Music can
boost your immune system . N.p.,
21/03/2012.
Web. 20 Mar 2012.
Web. 20 Mar 2012.
The telegraph
is a powerful website originated out of UK providing various news about sports,
finance, blogs, fashion, and travel.
This news is global and updated each day on the site. For this specific website above explains how
music can boost the immune system. The author
is Richard Gray and he is a science correspondent. His style of writing involved direct
quotations from various doctors that were giving facts and opinions about the
topic music boosting the immune system.
One of the examples they provided was that listening to music in
hospitals could show benefits for patients and lead to a shorter recovery
time. By providing information from
doctors makes this source reliable due to the fact that doctors have more
knowledge than just the average human being.
. "eSSORTMENT." How Music
Affects your Mood . N.p., 2011.
Web. 20 Mar 2012.
<http://www.essortment.com/music-affects-mood-62015.html>.
eSSORTMENT is a website company that is a source for
knowledge providing a variety of articles and websites for a variety of topics
such as medicine, health, clothing, business, education, travel, and food. The website above explains how music affects
your mood and gives its audience various ways music can be more involved in
their life. For example, they tell their
audience to take advantage of your public library’s collection of music. The reason they want people to be so involved
with music is because music affects our mood and is a great mood enhancer. Overall, this was a great source and did a
good job providing tips, examples, and important information to its audience.
Dean , Jeremy . "PSYBLOG." Seven ways
music influences mood . N.p., 2007.
Web. 20
Mar 2012. <http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/03/seven-ways-music-influences-
mood.php>.
Mar 2012. <http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/03/seven-ways-music-influences-
mood.php>.
PsyBlog is a website about scientific research on how the mind works. Jeremy Dean is the author and he does research at University College London, and working toward a PhD. In this source I used the author explains seven ways music influences mood. These seven ways include entertainment, revival, strong sensation, diversion, discharge, mental work, and solace. For each of the seven ways the author included a description of the term which helped his audience comprehend what he was thinking. Although, the web site is short it’s specific and right to the point including all of the information needed to know the way music affects mood.