UCSB Science Line

What an interesting question. Scientists spend a lot of time on the impact of music on the behavior of animals. This is because many animals make their own music. For example, whales and birds can sing. Will the song make them happy? Do they calm them? Although we have been known for a long time, birds and whales use songs to communicate with each other (we use the same method for text). I do not know if this song really affects the animal's mood. But a few years ago a very interesting study tried to elucidate how the song affects the feelings of animals. The National Symphony Orchestra of the University of Wisconsin Cello and psychologists have cooperated to show that non-human animals can actually experience emotions through their music.

Have you heard a song that makes you so happy, do you want to sing and dance? Or is it a very sad song, do not you know the reason? Animals may have similar musical emotions. In this study, monkeys were exposed to various kinds of monkey music, and in fact they found that they experienced various emotions. Although artificial music has no effect on monkeys, monkeys are very worried if it means that monkey phone recordings are played as alarms for heavy metal music songs. Then, when another monkey calls to record the sound of a quiet lullaby, the monkey calms down

So what does this mean? So, what you experience while listening to music has a history of evolution. In other words, our idea of ​​connecting emotions to music may be developed by us. It is very interesting.

That is so because it affects human behavior - but I do not know if it was tested by other animals or just as they treat music as unimportant sound.

But the most reasonable assumption of whale songs is that they are actually songs. In other words, it is not just human beings to make music.

However, the UCSB still maintains a good academic reputation. At the world's top 500 universities in 2013, Leiden University ranked UCSB 2nd in terms of scientific impact. In addition, the University of California's Koegel Autism Center, San Diego's Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is recognized by the National Research Council as one of the top ten most advanced autistic treatment centers in the United States. Social Butterfly said that it is easy to find parties here, but students who do not want to party are still enjoying a social atmosphere with UCSB with themselves. One student said, "Social scene is always full of excitement and things to do", "Everyone thinks UCSB is a huge party school, but what I really was there is There is no one - sidedly, I did not feel the pressure to not go to anyone. "

Last week I witnessed certain circumstances specific to the UCSB. Many students of psychology and brain science departments are confronted with the major problems faced by overly affected students. Senior students do not enter the course they need and second and third graders are not arranging to graduate on time as planned in a reasonable manner as planned. When I finally checked in, the Student Advisory Division was full of questions, a consultant overwhelmed with the people involved - a student seeking compromise went out.

A UCSB official said that the problems at the University of California, San Diego, and many other universities throughout the country is that students going from Internet to surfing from primary school can easily cheat on the internet. But catching them is a nightmare for professors who frequently score hundreds of papers within tough deadlines and bandits of hay for educational assistants. Several stolen test products are charged on the market like the popular Turnitin.com that scans the internet and its own student portfolio. However, at the University of California at San Diego there are few professors actually using these services, the basic annual cost is hundreds of dollars, and depending on the extra cost per student, these services can be applied in budget- It is impossible to realize.