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  • Scary Music Is Scarier With Your Eyes Shut

    09/17/2009 7:41:21 PM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 9 replies · 360+ views
    Science Daily ^ | Sep. 16, 2009 | Adapted from materials provided by Tel Aviv University.
    The power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University's Functional Brain Center says that this phenomenon may open the door to a new way of treating people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases. In her new study, Prof. Hendler found that the simple act of voluntarily closing one's eyes — instead of listening to music and sounds in the dark — can elicit more intense physical responses in the brain itself. This finding may have therapeutic value...