"A recent study by the University of Vienna has found no evidence to support the claim that Mozart's music, specifically his sonata KV448, can alleviate the symptoms of epilepsy, dispelling a long-held myth about the Mozart Effect."

One of Mozart's notable masterworks is the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364.

The name of one of Mozart's notable masterworks is not explicitly stated, but the description suggests it might be the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, given the unique instrumentation and composition features mentioned.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The property of Mozart's music believed to stimulate the nervous system is its high-frequency waves, which can improve physiological function and increase concentration and memory.

The Mozart piece often associated with the Mozart Effect is the "Sonata for two pianos (K. 448)".

The tempo of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major is approximately 132 BPM, which falls within the range of 120-140 BPM preferred by both humans and rats.

Mozart and Beethoven's music is believed to have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, making it a potential candidate for therapy.

Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy and cognitive performance, with evidence suggesting it can improve mental performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks, known as 'The Mozart Effect'.

Mozart's music has been found to have a pain-relieving effect, particularly in newborns, and may be beneficial for therapy.

Mozart's music is considered beneficial for therapy due to its high-frequency waves, which can stimulate the brain's nervous system and improve physiological function, leading to increased concentration and memory.

The music of classical composers like Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven is considered best for therapy due to its potential to improve cognitive performance and aid in concentration.

"The effects of classical music can last for hours or even days after the music stops, as evidenced by its impact on people with dementia, where it can improve mood, behavior, and cognitive function."

The effects of classical music, including Mozart's, can last from several days to a few weeks, with the average lasting around 20 days for Mozart's music and 11 days for Enya's voice.

"An experiment found that mice listening to opera music after a heart transplant had increased survival rates, with some living up to 90 days, suggesting a potential positive impact of classical music on health."

Classical music, particularly Mozart, is suggested to improve mental abilities and productivity.

The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can improve mental performance, and classical music, particularly Mozart's compositions, is the genre recommended to improve mental abilities.

"Mozart music is suggested to improve mental abilities, as it was one of the genres played for the mice after the heart transplant in the study, and is associated with the 'Mozart Effect'."

Classical music, particularly Mozart, is suggested to improve mental abilities.

"The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can improve mental abilities, and researchers are exploring the potential benefits of classical music on cognitive performance, including its effect on pain perception and brain function."

Mozart's music, particularly his classical compositions, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, as evidenced by 'The Mozart Effect', which suggests that his music can improve mental performance.

"Music can improve concentration and productivity, with the Mozart Effect suggesting that listening to Mozart's music can temporarily improve cognitive performance. Certain types of music, such as ambient and jazz instrumental melodies, can be effective in getting creative juices flowing."

"Music can affect concentration and productivity, with lyrics being potentially distracting for writing tasks, while familiar music may be less distracting and even beneficial for focus."

Listening to Mozart's music can improve concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain's nervous system and putting it in a state of concentration, which can lead to improved cognitive performance.

"Listening to classical music, such as Mozart, can improve concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain and making it more receptive to new information."

The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that Mozart's music does not have a beneficial effect on epilepsy symptoms.

Mozart's music is believed to have a therapeutic effect, known as 'The Mozart Effect', which can improve mental performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks.

Classical music, including potentially Mozart's, may have a therapeutic effect and can enhance memory and cognitive performance due to its balancing effect between relaxation and arousal.

Mozart's music has been shown to have a therapeutic effect, particularly in reducing epileptic seizure activity, which may imply a positive impact on cognitive performance.

"Mozart's music has been found to have a therapeutic effect, particularly in reducing pain and promoting calmness in newborns, which may have implications for improving cognitive performance and emotional well-being in other populations."

According to scientists, Mozart's music has a therapeutic effect on the brain due to its high-frequency waves, which can stimulate the nervous system and improve physiological function, leading to improved cognitive performance.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for twenty minutes before a medical procedure.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded the research on the effects of music on memory.

The research on music's effects on memory was funded by the Spanish Government's Ministry of Science and Innovation, aiming to utilize music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.

"A recent study by the University of Vienna has found no evidence to support the claim that Mozart's music, specifically his sonata KV448, can alleviate the symptoms of epilepsy, dispelling a long-held myth about the Mozart Effect."

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When the music is Mozart’s, and the conversation is sublime

Where to begin with Mozart? Why not start at the top, with the Sinfonia Concertante.

There are, to be sure, more famous or popular on-ramps. There is the “Turkish March,” responsible for many an earworm. There is “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” known from countless commercials. And there is the dazzling Queen of the Night aria, in which the human voice dances at vertigo-inducing heights.

But if your goal is to develop not a passing fancy but rather a deep and abiding love of Mozart’s music — or to feed an affection already instilled — I can think of few better places to start than the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364. This three-movement score, to be performed by Boston Baroque on March 25 and 26, is at once an insider’s masterwork and, for newcomers, a delightfully lucid point of entry into the infectious joy, the wistful beauty, and the glowing sadness of Mozart’s world.

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The work’s uniqueness begins with its instrumentation — it is essentially a double concerto with the solo violin and, crucially, the solo viola accompanied by an orchestra. Pitched one-fifth beneath the violin, and lacking its brilliant E-string, the viola would not really come into its own as a solo instrument until the 20th century — but here it is on visionary display in a score probably written in 1779.

With its midrange amber warmth and its position near the heart of any chord, the viola was Mozart’s favorite instrument to play in chamber music settings. It has also been speculated that he may have written this solo viola part with the intention of playing it himself. Whatever the case, the instrument’s mellow spirit and wise timbre permeates this score. The scholar Charles Rosen has gone as far as describing the work’s “characteristic sound” as “the sonority of the viola translated into the language of the full orchestra.”

But more than simply offering a unique sound world, the Sinfonia Concertante is an exquisite study of two instrumental voices in relationship. That’s a word you might not associate with the concerto genre, more commonly connected with virtuosic display. Indeed Mozart’s own five violin concertos (already in the rear view mirror by the time he came to write this piece) furnish soloists with plenty of material with which to amuse and impress the ear. Even other double concertos — such as, most famously, the Brahms Double, for violin and cello — do not really challenge that conception but rather, at least in the case of the Brahms, thrillingly double down on it.

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But in Mozart’s work the solo lines are constantly in conversation. The first movement is full of both thoughtful dialogue and witty banter between violin and viola, imitative lines dispatched at times with playful one-upmanship. That pervasive dialogue, however, also means that one-half of each soloist’s performance is listening. The act of hearing an “other” is written into the music itself. In fact the two soloists’ fundamental sense of common cause, their unity of purpose, is established from their very first shared entrance, a simple E-flat held in perfect octaves for a sublime eight beats.

The work’s outer movements are both high-spirited excursions, the first with a grander public bearing, the last with a lightly tripping, carefree air. But the work’s central slow movement stands as the piece’s sad and noble heart, an ineffably beautiful series of solo lines laden with an unnamed yet unmistakable grief, leavened only slightly by a sense of reluctant acceptance.

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The orchestra here accompanies the soloists with empathy and care, until one point near the end of the movement, when the ensemble recedes into silence. It’s as if the well-wishing crowd has drifted away, the community has gone home, and the two mourners, having maintained their dignified composure in public, are now left to speak only with each other. For this moment, Mozart supplies a through-written double cadenza, 18 bars of time-stopping music that must be among the most soulful, poignant passages he ever composed.

The piece has been recorded countless times. Among my personal favorites are the father-son accounts of David and Igor Oistrakh, one of which, a performance conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, can be found on YouTube. Oistrakh père was a sovereign violinist, one of the greatest of the 20th century. But here, with a touching humility, a graceful gesture of parental deferral, he steps aside, allowing his son the privilege of playing the violin part, and taking up the viola lines himself with incomparable dignity and warmth.

In their hands the piece becomes a dialogue between generations across time, or one might say, becomes such a dialogue again. Mozart’s own complex relationship with his father, a violinist and pedagogue, hovers somewhere in the background behind all of these notes. As with all great works of art, there are layers within layers here — and a reservoir of meaning deep enough to last a lifetime.

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Jeremy Eichler can be reached at jeremy.eichler@globe.com, or follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Eichler.

The name of one of Mozart's notable masterworks is not explicitly stated, but the description suggests it might be the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, given the unique instrumentation and composition features mentioned.

The study on the effects of music on memory was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

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The beneficial effects of music on memory may depend on how it is listened to

The initial results of the study of the 'Mozart effect' on neurodegeneration show that listening to classical music in the background has no benefits for learning
The research has been carried out with people experiencing mild cognitive impairment, and it did find individual differences when listening to 'high-arousal' music

Listening to 'high-arousal' music could have a positive effect on memory for people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator (Image: Clem Onojeghuo, Unsplash)

Given the lack of effective treatments to counteract cognitive impairment, background music has traditionally been proposed as a possible therapeutic alternative for improving memory-related tasks. Its effect has long been the focus of debate, but this relationship has now been found to be possibly determined by new interindividual parameters, which means that it may be more complex than was previously thought. This is shown by research led by Marco Calabria, a researcher in the Cognitive Neurolab group of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), who is now considering new experiments.

The initial results of the Mozart effect and memory in patients with cognitive impairment (MEM-COG) study, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, suggest that listening to background classical music while performing memory tasks neither improves nor impairs learning levels among people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, listening to more 'high-arousal' music was found to have a possible positive effect on people who are accustomed to using music as an emotional regulator in their everyday lives, which suggests there is potential for further hypotheses and research.

The study, which has been published as open access in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, was carried out with patients at the neuropsychology unit of Barcelona's Hospital de Sant Pau, and involved researchers at the hospital, Montreal's Concordia University and Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute.

There is no universal effect

"We found no general impact concerning the effect of music in terms of whether it had positive or negative effects on learning in cases of MCI, but we did find that it would be modulated for each individual. If people regularly use music as an emotional regulator in their daily life, such as to help them remain calm or for company, they will find it easier to obtain further benefits from music when they have to learn something new," explained Calabria, who has a PhD in Psychobiology.

The subjects of the study were people with mild amnestic cognitive impairment, i.e. they have memory problems as a result of an onset of neurodegeneration that is more specific in the parts of the brain dealing with aspects of learning and memory. The experiments consisted of observing 24 photographs of human faces. Participants were instructed to memorize them, and 10 minutes later, they were asked to look at a new series containing the previous 24 images and 24 new ones, in order to attempt to identify the ones that they had already seen.

A classical choice

The first test was performed with the subjects listening to classical music in the information consolidation phase but not in the recovery phase, while in the second exercise it was repeated with the auditory stimulus during both phases. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of results.

Classical music was used in these exercises because "it's a type of music that falls between relaxing and arousing, and has proven to be the most effective for enhancing memory". Furthermore, the fact that it is instrumental reduces the interference (that can come from lyrics) with the content that the participants have to learn in the memory task.

A ray of light

However, Calabria's team wanted to carry out a third experiment using popular music which was considered arousing rather than relaxing, and after a preliminary study, they used an instrumental version of Un rayo de sol (A ray of light), by the group Los Diablos. In that experiment, according to Calabria, the results suggested that "the use of music as a strategy for mood regulation is associated with better performance in memory tasks."

Ongoing research

This finding opens up the possibility of further research to continue exploring the role of interindividual preferences and attitudes towards music among patients with MCI. The group plans to continue the project until late 2024.

During this time, it will investigate whether background music could be more useful in other cognitive domains, such as in attention and concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease. The experiments will also involve the use of a new infrared spectroscopy device in the Neuro Lab, one of the recently opened new laboratories at the UOC, which will show the activation at the cerebral level while cognitive processes are taking place. This will help to determine whether or not there are any alterations in the brain's modulation, in which areas this takes place, and whether it depends on the type of person studied, regardless of the level of response to music.

In overall terms, this will help to find a type of marker which determines the people most likely to benefit from music in cognitive tasks. "The more we know about how background music shapes cognitive processes, the better the use we can make of music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation," concluded Calabria, an expert in the study of cognitive processes and a member of teaching staff on the UOC's Master's Degree in Neuropsychology.

This research project receives funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain, and contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3, Good health and well-being.

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Calabria, Marco et al. 'Background Music and Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Interindividual Differences'. 1 Jan. 2023: 815 – 829. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-221051

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Rhythm has long been thought to be a uniquely human trait, but researchers have found that rats possess the ability and can keep the beat to Mozart, a new study shows.

Scientists at the University of Tokyo found that rats’ beat synchronicity came from the time constant of their brains, not their bodies, which is similar across species.

“Rats displayed innate — that is, without any training or prior exposure to music — beat synchronization most distinctly within 120–140 bpm (beats per minute), to which humans also exhibit the clearest beat synchronization,” said University of Tokyo Associate Professor Hirokazu Takahashi.

Researchers equipped 20 rats with wireless accelerometers to measure their head movements. They were played one-minute excerpts of “Sonata for two pianos (K. 448)” by Mozart at four different speeds – 75%, 100%, 200% and 400% of the original speed.

The study focused on responses to “K. 448” by Mozart. But the study also played four other musical pieces to human and animal participants: “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga, “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen, “Beat It” by Michael Jackson and “Sugar” by Maroon 5.

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Musicians have long sung about the power of music — we’re either slaves to it, losing control or just can’t fight the feeling to get up and dance. Keeping rhythm has been thought to be an exclusively human trait until recently, when a study in Tokyo, Japan discovered that rats are able to keep rhythm as well.

“Rats displayed innate — that is, without any training or prior exposure to music — beat synchronization most distinctly within 120–140 BPM (beats per minute),” said University of Tokyo associate professor Hirokazu Takahashi.

Keeping rhythm is something that had long been considered only a human trait because of the complex motor functions that go into the movements. It involves the speed that the brain is able to respond to something. While there are videos of animals dancing along to songs, like popular videos of birds moving along to the rhythm, this is more likely a case of being trained to respond to the beat than having innate beat synchronization.

Beat synchronization refers to how well we are able to keep in time with a musical beat. The study was conducted at the University of Tokyo and connected 10 rats to wireless, miniature accelerometers to measure their head movements. A one-minute clip of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major was played at four different tempos, ranging from 75 per cent to 400 per cent of the original song. Twenty humans also participated in the study for comparison.

The song was played at various tempos on the assumption that, because rats already operate at a faster pace in terms of heartbeat and other body functions, they may prefer faster tempos.

However, the results of the study found that rats, much like humans, prefer a tempo of 120-140 BPM. This preference was also observed in the human participants. Mozart’s composition fell within this range at roughly 132 BPM.

“Our results suggest that the optimal tempo for beat synchronization depends on the time constant in the brain,” said Takahashi.

The study also included other pop songs like “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga and “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen. Beat synchronization in non-human mammals was previously thought to be reactive — akin to jumping to a sudden noise — instead of predictive like in humans. The study suggests that beat synchronicity in rats isn’t purely reactive because of the change in movements alongside the changes in tempos.

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This isn’t the first time researchers have looked into the dancing capabilities of animals. Previous research into beat synchronization focused primarily on primates. In 2014, a group of researchers at the University of North Carolina found out that bonobos, a species that shares 98.7 per cent of their DNA with humans, were able to match the beat of drumming scientists with their own drumming. A 2013 study found that chimpanzees also display the ability to synchronize their movements with a beat as well. Researchers at the University of California found that the California sea lion is also able to bob its head along to a rhythm. In October of this year, a team discovered that harbour seals are also able to keep track of different rhythms.

The Tokyo research team plans on looking further into the effects of music and harmony on the human brain. Takahashi has expressed interest in music as it leads to a happier life and mechanisms that create cultural centres in the brain such as art and music.

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Does music help you concentrate? Since we spend a lot of time in front of computers trying to finish our work, wouldn’t it be nice to listen to some of music to help concentrate? Well, music lovers, it seems like Mozart and Beethoven could actually help you with your productivity. Beethoven once said: «Music is where the spirit lives, thinks and invents.»

This relationship between music and the brain is an area that has been intensively explored in research. Many studies point to the ability of music to help employees be more productive and help children in their learning process more effectively. University research in France found that students who listened to music for an hour while reading, scored significantly higher on a questionnaire compared to a group of students who read without music.

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It seems that music for concentration puts students in a heightened emotional state, so that they can be more receptive to information. «It is possible that music causes a change in the learning environment and influenced students’ motivation to stay focused while reading, which led to better performance on a multiple-choice questionnaire,» concluded the french research team in a recent article.

But before you start playing any type, you have to find the music that works better for the type of work you are trying to carry do. For example, the classic from the Baroque period is said to do wonders for brain activity when you are studying or writing. But not all classical music is created equal, so dramatic changes and complicated fugue changes may not be as conducive as a smooth piano piece. So if you have to choose a composer, we would say Mozart. There seems to be evidence that Mozart’s improves mental performance: it is called «The Mozart Effect”.

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If you don’t like classical, the discreet sound found in ambient music may work well for you instead. What is the purpose of this if you are not at the airport, you ask? Well, for creative purposes, it’s better than emptiness and silence. According to one of its pioneers, musician Brian Eno: “Background music must be able to accommodate many levels of attention when listening, without forcing one in particular. It must be as ignorable as it is interesting ”.

In fact, researchers have shown that a moderate level of noise, such as that found in the environment, can actually get creative juices flowing. Music with especially low-lows or especially high-highs should be avoided. Certain types of jazz instrumental melodies can also get your brain working.

Music without lyrics

In general, if you are doing work that requires writing, you should avoid listening to music with lyrics as the words in a song are especially destructive to your concentration. Since hearing words activates the brain’s language center, attempting to perform tasks related to another language would be like trying to have a conversation while someone else is speaking to you. But, if you are a cartoonist, and you don’t deal with sentence construction, hearing letters may not have the same effect.

Finally, studies show that listening to music you’re already familiar with may be better if you really need to focus. New songs take you into the unknown and your brain will want to listen closely to see what comes next. With the music you are familiar with you know what to expect, so it doesn’t distract you from your work. And if you like the tune you’re listening to try not to whistle it while you work, as that will only distract you.

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American scientists have discovered that Mozart ’ s music can have a pain-relieving effect.
This was found out during the experiment on newborns, reports Zakon.kz.
According to The Telegraph, from April 2019 to February 2020, researchers studied the effect of music on the sensation of pain in infants.
The experiment involved 100 newborns who took mandatory blood tests.
54 out of 100 children listened to Mozart's lullabies for 20 minutes before the medical procedure and for five minutes after it.
The rest of the children did not play music.
All children were tested under the same conditions.
The level of pain was assessed on a scale from zero to seven points on the intensity of crying, breathing, facial expression and other criteria.
It turned out that the newborns, who put Mozart, more easily transferred the collection of blood for tests and generally behaved more calmly.
They stopped feeling pain a minute after the procedure, while babies who did not listen to music felt pain two minutes later.
"Music recordings, in addition to sucrose, effectively reduce pain in newborns.
Music can be considered a simple, easily reproducible and inexpensive means of relieving pain from minor medical procedures for healthy and full-term babies, ” the researchers concluded.
Researchers have yet to find out whether babies have the same effect as their parents' recorded voices.
In addition, there is no certainty that Mozart will work as a painkiller for adults.
Earlier, scientists at New York University have proved that listening to music, drinking coffee and other everyday pleasures are good for the brain.
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In the latter stages, they often lose the ability to communicate with people around them.
It is very painful for the patients themselves and the caregivers and family members who care for them.
In recent years, it has been found that music therapy can intervene and make up for this lack of progress.
It also increases the patient ’ s engagement with the surrounding environment and reduces many neurological symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and unexplained tantrums.
In other words, when people with dementia are unable to connect with their loved ones, that is, when they are unable to speak their language, music is the last bridge to interact with each other.
Q1: Do people with dementia have special feelings about music?
A1: According to nearly a decade of research by the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University, it has been found that even though people with dementia lose language and other memories, memories related to music often remain in the brain.
This is because areas of the brain involved in musical memory (e.g., the cerebellum) are not affected until late in the disease process.
Familiar music can help people with dementia recover certain aspects of their memory, make them feel calm, and greatly improve their mood.
Q2: Why do people with dementia remember their favorite songs?
A2: Although suffering from severe dementia, it means that a person has very little memory of their past.
Even if you can ’ t remember your son ’ s name, familiar songs that you ’ ve heard and sung will always come to mind.
Q3: In addition to music, is listening to the radio good for elderly people with dementia?
A3: In fact, the radio can not only provide good music, but also play emotional dialogue, which can truly relieve the loneliness of the dementia patient and bring comfort and peace.
Q4: How do people with dementia react to music?
A4: According to the research of clinical psychiatrists, it is found that people with dementia who are generally slow to respond to music, especially to their favorite music.
Hearing a familiar concert naturally shows a pleasant response, such as smiling or moving your body or even starting to dance.
And it seems to produce a unique and powerful stimulus response to familiar music that awakens the patient ’ s past personal and social connections.
In theory, if music can evoke memories, it may also help patients evoke other memories or related memories of that period.
In several studies, it has been consistently found that music tends to evoke more positive and positive memories from life than other clues.
Q5: Can music also prevent cognitive decline?
A5: Playing and listening to music can help slow the decline of cognitive function in older adults, according to a new study in Medical Journal Today.
Active note vibrations increase gray matter in certain areas of the brain and increase the plasticity of brain cells. Although music does not reverse or prevent brain cell shrinkage due to aging, it can slow cognitive decline.
Q6: What kind of music is most helpful?
A6: Studies have proved that classical music is the best choice.
The International Institute of Science calls this phenomenon the "Mozart effect."
It is recommended to listen to classical music such as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and other famous composers.
Classical music seems to move the brain more easily than other music, is best suited for concentration, and is more able to produce substantial effects in absorbing new information.
Q7: Do musicians suffer from dementia?
A7: According to the International Institute of Science, a study of twins reported that musicians have a 64% lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
The analysis of two other studies found that musicians had an average 59% lower risk of dementia.
Training and performance, which can be attributed to music, stimulates the brain and improves its ability to respond to the outside world.
Q8: Which organ is most stimulated by music?
A8: Although most activities such as visual art, computing, and language are mainly only half of the brain.
But music is one of the few that can pass through the auditory nerve and stimulate neurons on both sides of the brain at the same time.
Q9: How does music react in the brain?
A9: Music can promote the production of hormones dopamine and serotonin in the brain.
These are neurotransmitters that increase the sense of pleasure and ease.
There is also the so-called love hormone - oxytocin.
At the same time, research evidence shows that music can help reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, instantly relieving feelings of anxiety and depression.
Q10: How long does the music last?
A10: It ’ s a concern that in people with dementia, music can improve mood, behavior, and in some cases cognitive function, which, according to the Clinical Psychiatric Society, lasts for hours or even days after the music stops.
Q11: Can people without dementia benefit from music?
A11: A recent study suggests that playing an instrument and actively listening to music can help slow cognitive decline in people aged 62-78.
This study once again determined that musical activity increases the gray matter in many areas of the brain. Gray matter is an essential nerve tissue in the brain and spinal cord.
In particular, it plays an important role in psychology, memory, mood and movement. The increase in gray matter also increases the plasticity of the brain ’ s nerves – the brain ’ s ability to reconnect itself, which is important for learning cognition and memory preservation.
In addition to actively playing music, the 2023 study also showed that long-term music training, regardless of the age of the participants, can bring potential functional benefits to the brain and help keep the brain young and slow down aging.
(The author is a practicing physician in the Greater Washington area)
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"The effects of classical music can last for hours or even days after the music stops, as evidenced by its impact on people with dementia, where it can improve mood, behavior, and cognitive function."

The effects of classical music, including Mozart's, can last from several days to a few weeks, with the average lasting around 20 days for Mozart's music and 11 days for Enya's voice.

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Content: The opera "Tea Blossom Girl" can improve the survival rate of heart-changing mice: An interview with Teikyo University Medical Department lecturer Yasuhisa Uchiyama
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What would be the impact of letting a mouse with a heart transplant listen to an opera? Ten years ago, a team of researchers at Teikyo University came up with this idea and later published experimental results, winning the “Medicine Prize ” of the Ig Nobel Prize.
Masao Uchiyama (41), a member of the research team and a lecturer in the university ’ s medical department, said the honor convinced him that “the value of uniqueness lies. ”
At present, he also works tirelessly to teach students to “pursue uniqueness. ”
Dressed as a mouse puppet at the awards ceremony.
In September 2013, Tatsuya Uchiyama, dressed in a mouse cloth doll, smiled on the stage of the Saunders Theater at Harvard University in Boston.
The idea of wearing a cloth doll on stage was put forward by Uchiyama, "I think that's going to be fun."
The reason was that he saw the popular role of the funny group "Funny Problem" in the TV show, and he bought a cloth doll at the $100 store and brought it to the awards ceremony.
He and another assistant, Kim Sang-won, put on a mouse puppet costume and stood at the side of the (then) Shin Sei-june, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at Teikyo University, who led the team, singing the opera “Camellia ” in high notes, causing laughter from the audience.
He recalled, "We were probably the most popular among the winners of the year, and the group photo time after the ceremony was the most sought-after," and his face was full of pride.
A special issue of Annals of Improbable Research, the magazine that organizes the Ig Nobel Prize. In 2013, Uchiyama and his party were also selected as the cover of the magazine.
Leaflet for a speech at MIT the next day.
Although Uchiyama showed a childlike side at the award presentation ceremony, Uchiyama ’ s research goal is to explore the field of transplantation immunology. After all, Uchiyama ’ s paper has even included a well-known surgeon, a special professor in Shuntian University ’ s medical department, who was famous for performing coronary artery bypass surgery. The name of the boss.
Let the mice after the heart transplant immerse themselves in music, and the result...
In addition to the original heart, another heart was implanted in the abdomen of the mouse.
After the operation, the mouse will do nothing, it will trigger an immune rejection reaction, and the transplanted heart will stop working for an average of 8 days.
However, most of the mice who also received heart transplants continued to listen to the opera “Camellia ”, and the average survival days were greatly increased to 40 days, and the longest lived mice were even as many as 90 days.
On the other hand, the average time to listen to Mozart ’ s music is 20 days, and the Irish singer Enya ’ s voice is 11 days.
To further confirm the validity of the results, let mice with ruptured eardrums listen to “Camellia ”.
Sure enough, as expected, the "effect" disappeared, and the transplant heart stopped beating about a week or so.
In other words, this experiment proved that allowing mice after heart transplantation to listen to the opera “Camellia ” or classical music can effectively improve their immunity.
Uchiyama is taking a closer look at the rat after the heart transplant.
The study began with the discovery of a young man who, while studying at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, gave a variety of drugs to most mice undergoing heart transplants and compared the prognosis, noticed a difference between the prognosis of mice placed in human cages and those placed in quiet cages around them.
After returning home, he suggested to an assistant in his personal research office, "Let the mice listen to music and see what happens?"
It also plays the sound of the construction site and the monotone sound.
The study was restarted about 10 years later.
At that time, Uchiyama was still a graduate student in cardio-vascular surgery in the Department of Medicine at Shun Heaven University, and came to Teikyo University to study organ transplantation.
Uchiyama heard his assistant speak of the past of "letting the mice after the heart transplant listen to the opera", and intuitively thought that "if you continue to experiment, you may get interesting results".
First, let most of the mice after the heart transplant listen to the opera "Camellia Girl", Mozart music, and the album of Enya, a very favorite singer Uchiyama at the time.
They also listen to the sounds of the construction site, English listening exercises and monotonic sounds.
As a result, as mentioned earlier, the survival period was extended in the order of opera, Mozart, and Enya, compared to rats that listened to nothing.
Incidentally, the reason why I chose "Camellia Girl" is because Shinkai is a fanatic who loves opera, and this opera is his most recommended.
Although Uchiyama and opera have no connection, but as a part of the research, I heard that she is listening to "Camellia Girl" all day long.
"To be honest, it's only pain for me," he said with a laugh.
Professor Amano also thought the experiment was interesting, but the paper was closed.
In this way, after Uchiyama has worked hard to collect experimental data that can be written into the paper, the next step is the beginning of the real test.
At the time, Professor Amano, who was the head of the medical department of Shun Tian University, said bluntly: “Although the experiment seems interesting, it should be difficult to write a paper. ”
As predicted, even though Uchiyama threw a lot of academic journals, they were returned without review and ate a closed door. In March 12, 2012, the British academic journal “Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (JCTS) ” finally entered the review stage.
The paper was presented in the autumn of the previous year, and it has actually been 1 1 / 2 years before the review began.
Uchiyama said: "Because this experiment is very dependent on environmental factors."
To differentiate the sound of Camellia, Mozart, Enya, and the construction site, it is impossible to use scientific and objective evidence to show it, which increases the difficulty of examination.
A month after the award ceremony, it was presented at the Japanese Pulse Society (October 2013).
No matter what happens, people will be blessed by God ’ s grace.
The year after the publication of the paper in JCTS, the research team received a notification of the winner of the Ig Nobel Prize. Like many researchers, both novices and Uchiyama, at first thought that “this is a prank ” and did not think it, until they gathered the relevant information to know that everything seemed to be true.
“‘ Your idea is unique and admirable ’ and it makes me happy to be recognized by a third person who doesn ’ t know me. ”
The mountain says so.
This award benefited him a lot, and he realized that “you have to be confident in the results of your research that you believe in. ”
"Hope and vitality, as well as family support, are very important, and the results are interlinked," Shin said in a post-award interview.
In the clinical scene, patients who are thought to have only a few months of life have lived for many years. On the contrary, patients who are thought to have lived for many more years have died suddenly and suddenly, and often encounter these conditions.
However, through this research, we can be sure that “something ” that cannot be fully described in Western medicine is actually affecting the immune system through the brain.
In clinical settings, when patients know about the award, they sometimes ask, “If I want to recover early, what kind of music will help? ”
Uchiyama ’ s answer is to suggest that you first seek Western medical treatment, followed by “As long as it is music you like, listen to anything. ”
3 research topics recommended for the next generation
However, to say that Uchiyama is unique from a young age, in fact, it is not.
He said: “My personality is shy, and I have blushing phobia, and I am afraid to stand in front of everyone.
However, in high school, he realized that "if we continue like this, we will not be able to survive in society", and after working in college, he chose to be a tutor, forcing himself to endure and successfully overcome his fear.
Once a teenager with blushing phobia, now he has turned into an adult dressed as a mouse puppet standing on the stage of Harvard University singing dramatic music, human beings, really have unlimited potential.
On the contrary, Uchiyama has a strong belief from a very early age.
Both parents are teachers, under their advice, from junior high school into the affiliated senior secondary school of Ritsumeikan University, but the university did not choose to "direct admission", but decided to participate in the entrance examination of the medical department.
More than 90% of students in the upper middle school choose to go straight to the university, and it is not easy to concentrate on preparing for the exam in such an environment.
As a result, he communicated directly with the teacher, and continued to participate in extra-curricular tutoring in biology and English after school. On the contrary, the courses he considered “unnecessary ” were almost absent.
"At that time, people around me said he was a 'strange guy'," he said.
In 2017, he attended a dinner at the University of Cambridge.
Uchiyama told his graduate students, “Be prepared for three research topics at any time. ”
First, it is easy to write a paper of orthodox research; second, if the goal of life is to become a researcher, to think of research that can be invested in a lifetime; finally, "no one is doing unique research."
For Uchiyama, the experiment of heart transplant mice belongs to the third.
When he was further asked about the purpose of recommending the "unique study", he gave the example of "mountain climbing" to answer: "First, the first is to climb a mountain at a moderate altitude when the weather is clear; the second is to climb Mount Everest, which is like the highest peak in the world, although it is a high altitude and long distance mountain, but you can see the top; the third is because you do not know how high and what climbing paths there are." Ready to climb the mountain equipment on the start, all the way exclaimed: "No? Is the whole me?", can only rely on the emergency response to move forward, and arriving at the end will produce the kind of "Wow!"
It's really funny.
"I'm so impressed."
In other words, it is precisely those who have mastered their basic skills in the study of "orthodoxy" that have found a way to explore a landscape that no one has ever seen.
“With all the obstacles that arise in the course of research, how can we use theoretical and constructive attitudes to achieve our goals? This is an important training for researchers, and personal abilities will eventually bear fruit. ” Even if one person is better, I hope more people can embark on the journey to find the beauty that has not been discovered.
Such a heartfelt expectation.
Interview and arrangement: Nami Hamada, Editorial Department of POWER NEWS
All of the above photos are provided by Uchiyama.
Photo taken in March 2023 at Teikyo University Medical Department Hospital in Itabashi, Tokyo.
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"An experiment found that mice listening to opera music after a heart transplant had increased survival rates, with some living up to 90 days, suggesting a potential positive impact of classical music on health."

Classical music, particularly Mozart, is suggested to improve mental abilities and productivity.

The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can improve mental performance, and classical music, particularly Mozart's compositions, is the genre recommended to improve mental abilities.

"Mozart music is suggested to improve mental abilities, as it was one of the genres played for the mice after the heart transplant in the study, and is associated with the 'Mozart Effect'."

Classical music, particularly Mozart, is suggested to improve mental abilities.

"The Mozart Effect suggests that listening to Mozart's music can improve mental abilities, and researchers are exploring the potential benefits of classical music on cognitive performance, including its effect on pain perception and brain function."

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Content: Mozart ’ s music eases babies ’ pain during medical procedures, study finds
29 August, 2023 Tuesday
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Researchers have found that the soothing background music of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during medical procedures may somewhat relieve pain in newborns
This is reported by Science Alert.
It is noted that the test team from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia was the first of its kind.
Scientists conducted a study among 100 infants at a hospital in New York.
Each child was born full-term, and at the time of the test he was about 2 days old.
Before medical workers took blood using the standard heel prick procedure, more than half of the babies listened to the soothing instrumental lullaby of the famous musician Mozart for twenty minutes.
At the same time, the other half waited silently.
As a rule, when newborns intend to conduct a small medical procedure, they are given sugar.
Two minutes before the heel injection, the babies were given sucrose to ease the pain a little.
The lullaby sounded during the injection and lasted about five minutes after that.
Parents were not allowed to physically hug their children during the study.
The team regularly assessed the babies ’ pain using facial expressions, crying, breathing, limb movements, and alertness as indicators.
The researchers were wearing noise-cancelling headphones, so they didn ’ t know if the music was playing or not.
Eventually, newborns exposed to Mozart showed a "statistically and clinically significant" decrease in scores on the Neonatal Pain Scale (NIPS), and this was true before, during, and after heel injection.
The authors conclude that "musical intervention is a light, reproducible and inexpensive tool for pain relief during minor procedures in healthy, full-term newborns."
Also today, there is a lot of evidence suggesting that music can significantly reduce pain in adults.
Research among newborns is a good opportunity for further research, especially because painkillers often cannot be used in infants.
According to American scientists, such results of the experiment may be a consequence of the fact that music distracts children from pain.
Previous studies among adults have shown that live, pleasant music eases pain more than gloomy and sad music.
This means that distraction cannot fully explain the results.
Perhaps there is something in the tempo, harmony or melody of a song that numbs a person ’ s brain, even if they ’ ve heard very little music before.
Scientists working on the current study say they are now interested in whether parental voices can calm newborns as much as Mozart.
Earlier, physicists from Finland conducted a study and found that sound can propagate through a perfect vacuum, but this requires appropriate conditions.
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Mozart's music, particularly his classical compositions, can have a positive effect on concentration and productivity, as evidenced by 'The Mozart Effect', which suggests that his music can improve mental performance.

"Music can improve concentration and productivity, with the Mozart Effect suggesting that listening to Mozart's music can temporarily improve cognitive performance. Certain types of music, such as ambient and jazz instrumental melodies, can be effective in getting creative juices flowing."

"Music can affect concentration and productivity, with lyrics being potentially distracting for writing tasks, while familiar music may be less distracting and even beneficial for focus."

Listening to Mozart's music can improve concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain's nervous system and putting it in a state of concentration, which can lead to improved cognitive performance.

"Listening to classical music, such as Mozart, can improve concentration and productivity by stimulating the brain and making it more receptive to new information."

The research results on the Mozart Effect were published in Scientific Reports, indicating that Mozart's music does not have a beneficial effect on epilepsy symptoms.

Mozart's music is believed to have a therapeutic effect, known as 'The Mozart Effect', which can improve mental performance, particularly in spatial reasoning tasks.

Classical music, including potentially Mozart's, may have a therapeutic effect and can enhance memory and cognitive performance due to its balancing effect between relaxation and arousal.

Mozart's music has been shown to have a therapeutic effect, particularly in reducing epileptic seizure activity, which may imply a positive impact on cognitive performance.

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"Mozart's music has been found to have a therapeutic effect, particularly in reducing pain and promoting calmness in newborns, which may have implications for improving cognitive performance and emotional well-being in other populations."

According to scientists, Mozart's music has a therapeutic effect on the brain due to its high-frequency waves, which can stimulate the nervous system and improve physiological function, leading to improved cognitive performance.

The babies in the study listened to Mozart's music for twenty minutes before a medical procedure.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funded the research on the effects of music on memory.

The research on music's effects on memory was funded by the Spanish Government's Ministry of Science and Innovation, aiming to utilize music as a therapeutic tool in cognitive stimulation.

A study on the effects of Mozart's music on epilepsy was published in Scientific Reports, finding no reliable evidence of a beneficial effect.


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"Cats were highly valued in ancient Egyptian culture due to their association with the goddess Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility. The Egyptians believed that animals, including cats, were sacred and could take different forms, which emphasized their special status in the eyes of the Egyptians."

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"Cats were considered sacred and divine in ancient Egypt, associated with the goddess Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility, and were believed to influence the destinies of the Egyptians."

In Ancient Egyptian culture, cats were considered symbols of divinity, as seen in the depiction of the goddess Bast as a cat or a woman with a cat's head, representing well-being, joy, love, and fertility.

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The Egyptian goddess associated with cats is Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility, and was often depicted as a cat or a woman with a cat's head.

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Content: The mummy of a pet: why and why did the ancient Egyptians do this?
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The Egyptians showed special respect for their pets, their love was so great that they wanted these animals to have eternal life.
After death, pets were mummified and went through a complex burial process.
In ancient Egyptian worldview, four-legged and feathered creatures were considered sacred, divine and influencing their destinies.
They occupied an honorable place in the pantheon, and the gods were often depicted with animal heads.
Mummification was an integral part of this religious practice, emphasizing the special status of these creatures in the eyes of the Egyptians.
The Egyptians mummified various animals, believing that their gods could take different forms.
For example, the goddess Bast, the daughter of Ra, was depicted as a cat or a woman with a cat ’ s head.
This goddess symbolized well-being, joy, love and fertility.
The Egyptians especially revered cats for their ability to exterminate rodents, which was critical for preserving grain stocks, then considered valuable as gold.
Cats have also earned the nickname “sunny eye ” due to their ability to see in the dark.
This property made them important symbols in Egyptian mythology.
Archaeological studies conducted at the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa have uncovered the burial of crocodiles, one of which has been preserved in the form of a practically whole mummy, providing a unique look at the ancient rites and veneration of animals in this culture.
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"Cats were highly valued in ancient Egyptian culture due to their spiritual significance, as represented by the cat god Bastet, who symbolized guardianship and spirituality."

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The People's Square Pavilion of the Shanghai Museum held its first exhibition with pet cats on Saturday (July 27), and 200 pet cats entered the museum that night under the leadership of their owners, setting a precedent for comprehensive museums in the world, reflecting the strong demand for Chinese people to travel with pets.
Comprehensive surging news network, Oriental network and other reports, with the top of the pyramid: ancient Egyptian civilization exhibition held, the Shanghai Museum since Saturday regularly launched a total of 10 museum strange night activities, inviting visitors to bring pet cats to watch the exhibition.
After the event tickets went on sale, the first 200 tickets sold out in one second, and all tickets for a total of 10 events sold out in one hour.
Many members of the public with pet cats arrived at the Shanghai Museum at 5: 30 p.m. on Saturday to wait in line, and the kittens in attendance attracted many passersby to stop and take photos.
Many relics on display are related to cats, including cat mummies.
In ancient Egypt, the cat god Bastet was regarded as a symbol of guardianship and spirituality; the ancient Egyptians worshiped the cat god, which coincided with the current people's love for "meow".
According to reports, pet visitors must go to the regular pet hospital in advance to issue a cat immunization certificate and present it when entering the museum.
Only certain areas in the museum exhibition hall allow pet cats to be photographed, but they must use their own traction rope and chest back; other areas need to be placed in their own cat bags and cat carts.
The event also invites pet doctors, pet emergency vehicles, pet management teams and other on-site personnel to deal with emergency situations.
Staff at the museum also receive professional training on pet cats.
According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 1 million pet dogs and more than 1.2 million pet cats in Shanghai.
As more and more pets enter the public space, many public places have successively joined the ranks of pet friendliness, and higher requirements have been put forward for fine urban management.
Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai Museum, said that the demand for pet owners to travel with pets is strong, and on the premise of ensuring safety and order, it is hoped that the museum can be opened in different ways to allow the audience to have a more diverse experience.
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"Cats were highly valued in ancient Egyptian culture due to their association with the goddess Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility. The Egyptians believed that animals, including cats, were sacred and could take different forms, which emphasized their special status in the eyes of the Egyptians."

In ancient Egypt, cats were highly valued and considered sacred due to their association with the goddess Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility.

"Cats were considered sacred and divine in ancient Egypt, associated with the goddess Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility, and were believed to influence the destinies of the Egyptians."

In Ancient Egyptian culture, cats were considered symbols of divinity, as seen in the depiction of the goddess Bast as a cat or a woman with a cat's head, representing well-being, joy, love, and fertility.

"Cats played a significant role in ancient Egyptian households due to their ability to exterminate rodents and their symbolic significance in Egyptian mythology, earning them reverence and importance in the culture."

Ancient workshops for mummification were discovered in Saqqara, an ancient burial ground approximately 30 kilometers south of Cairo.

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Egypt unveils ancient workshops used to make mummies

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Archaeologists in Egypt have revealed two workshops that were used to embalm people and animals. Tombs were also opened up, featuring walls that depict daily life and images of an ancient priest.

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Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday revealed that a research team had unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara.

The discovery follows an excavation lasting around a year near the sanctuary of the goddess Bastet and catacombs of mummified cats in Saqqara, some 30 kilometers (roughly 18.5 miles) south of Cairo.

What did the archaeologists find?

The embalming workshops, one in which humans were mummified with the other used for animals, date back to ancient Egypt's 30th dynasty — which reigned about 2,400 years ago.

Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry said that in one of the workshops, the researchers had "found several rooms equipped with stony beds where the deceased lay down for mummification."

At the end of each bed were gutters that appeared to be needed for the mummification process.

There was also a collection of clay pots nearby to hold entrails and organs, and an assembly of other instruments and ritual vessels.

An initial study of the second workshop suggested it was used to mummify sacred animals.

Also part of the discovery were the tombs of two priests, one dating back to the 24th century BC and the other to the 14th century BC.

The earliest belonged to Ne Hesut Ba, who was the head of scribes and priest of the gods Horus and Maat in the Old Kingdom's fifth dynasty.

Mohamed Youssef, director of the Saqqara archaeological site said the tomb walls were decorated with depictions of "daily life, agriculture, and hunting scenes."

The second tomb was carved in rock and features depictions of the deceased himself, a New Kingdom priest named Men Kheber, "in different positions."

It also contained a 1-meter-long (roughly 1 yard) alabaster statue.

Push for tourists pays off

Egypt's government has strongly promoted new archaeological finds to international media and diplomats in recent years in the hope that such discoveries will help attract more tourists to the country.

Cairo aims to revive an industry that suffered from political turmoil and that was battered by the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and fallout from the conflict in Ukraine.

Economic data showed tourism revenues climbing to $7.3 billion in the second half of 2022, a 25.7% increase compared with the previous year.

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The ancient Egyptian goddess depicted with a cat's head is Bast, who symbolized well-being, joy, love, and fertility.

Cats were highly valued in Ancient Egypt for their ability to hunt rodents, which helped preserve grain stocks and was essential for the Egyptians' food supply and economy.