SCHIZOPHRENIA AS SOUND: listening to the dynamic brain

[hotsunshine5]

wow. this is the coolest research ever....... trippy. loved it! i totally understood:)

[IronicallyVague]

That's about as scientific as a 6th grade paper-machy volcano if your not going to include data on the effects of the medications Schizophrenics have to take.

[PoisonxAlchemist]

@IronicallyVague You expected them to post their entire thesis? This coming from someone who can't spell paper mache.

[IronicallyVague]

@PoisonxAlchemist - I just wanted them to acknowledge the fact that Schizophrenics are forced to take medications that are so hazardous to human health they cause kidney failure, heart trouble, Tardive dyskinesia, permanent sexual disfunction ( I.E.Chemical castration), diabetes, brain damage, brain shrinkage, liver damage, massive weight gain as well as a host of other physical ailments

But at least they have a sound coming from their brain you pucking drooling moron

[Tyme2Die]

Its funny how when someone gets diagnosed with cancer all their loved ones gather around them and show their support. But if you get diagnosed with schizophrenia people avoid contact with you and want you to be put away to die in an asylum somewhere.

[sexysinkhearts]

does this mean that they see and hear things differently too?*

[jarblewarble]

I think I would become insane myself if I listened to this music for too long. The music has a nice cyclic quality to it, kind of like fractal music. Although the schizophenic music makes me think of a double pendulum swinging back and forth, which is really interesting in a way.

[frankenboston]

@jarblewarble which proves to me doctors have lied to us all along, big time, lied, studying quantum physics and science, and spirituality is showing me a whole different story than ever before, i cant put my finger on it yet, but i'm grabbing onto it with both hands.

[cookiedipp]

I didn't know there could be music soundtracks of the brain lmao!! XD

[Glaborifec]

I just wonder how Listening to these "noises" can effect you, if done for hours at a time.

[Tyme2Die]

@Glaborifec

It's FMRI data converted through a computer into sound, not the actual sounds of a brain. It would have no more effect on you than listening to a song.

[Zara1926]

I wish I knew what my brain sounds like.

[Threetails]

What do the lower registers represent? I notice the schizophrenic mind has a much lower sound signature with much more pronounced activity in the lower registers.

Also, how do these compare to people with other disorders, such as bipolar/depressive disorders, personality disorders, etc?

[KenBrewster1977]

It could be me, but it seems like the patient has more minor tones musically speaking...minor tones elicit more down behavior. Alot of times in music it is used in a slower song, so i can't help but wonder if the schizophrenic mind is "speeding up" to try and slow down. In stable emotional moments they are fine, but the moment their mental processes accelerate, the brain may not know how to slow itself down...thus the "low tones" "minor tones." I would recommend playing music to see a difference

[ollie0918]

hmm. its interesting that all of these are variations on the penitonic scale and penitonic scale is present in almost every culture

[theoriginalmcsquare]

the schizophrenic one sounds more erratic and repetitive than the normal one

[biodroid]

but why has the schitzofrenic version better note resolution? that disaproves this as science when the premises are not equal.

[dlloyd1984]

Schizophrenia is a devastating illness that afflicts 1% of humanity. Those who suffer from schizophrenia and those who know and love them are aware of its complexity and the extreme difficulty of coping with the illness. This video has been posted for educational purposes. Informally and non-scientifically, it confirms the idea that schizophrenia is a global dysfunction of the brain.

[dlloyd1984]

Informally and non-scientifically, it confirms the idea that schizophrenia is a global dysfunction of the brain. That is, it affects many regions of the brain and for that reason one can hear subtle differences between sonifications of healthy subjects and patients. It is possible, though a stretch, that sonification could become a diagnostic tool, perhaps a way of bringing forward interactions among brain areas that might not be obvious through other measures.

[dlloyd1984]

But I think it is also important to hear that the differences between the brains of healthy people and individuals with schizophrenia are subtle. Like all the brainmusic tracks, these sound out the richness common to all of us, a symphony which is normally neither seen nor heard. People with schizophrenia and healthy individuals differ very little with respect to the continual underlying music of mind.

[TheScreamingRetard]

looks like schizos are good for somethin!

[Akerfeldtfan]

Very cool, exciting research. Keep up the good work- it might be something amazing down the road.

[RockSprites]

Wow, that was very interesting!!

[ugiswrong]

I think the schizophrenic sound clips sound better personally.

[gaspingduck]

schizo isnt as good as healthy i guess D:

[BonFire110]

It looks like the sounds of organ in Cakewalk piano roll at random arpeggio. LOL!

[ephemerol]

fascinating work. the healthy bits remind me of manuel götsching/ashra tempel, very harmonic and luminous, while the schizophrenic bits are like a dark oval piece, much deeper in a way, and unsettling.