Annotated Bibliography

1.) In the article “Healing Rhythms”, by Peter Kater, Sharon Myrah, Zacciah Blackburn and Steven Halpern, they talk about how music helps people receiving messages to relax. All four of these writers work for Round Table, a magazine on massages. They learned that researchers had studied participants who listened to music while receiving a massage had an increase in blood vessel flow which is beneficial to the body. They have written it to show that people who get messages should listen to calm music to put them at ease and to make them happy. Kater, PeterMyrah, SharonHalpern, StevenBlackburn, ZacciahMenehan, Karen. "Healing Rhythms." Massage Magazine 155 (2009): 36-37. Alt HealthWatch. Web. 15 Mar. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=7de1cf5b-e7fa-431c-8ab8-325a9193e3b8%40sessionmgr115&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=awh&AN=37595983 2.) In the article, “Study Are Music-loving Teens More Likely to Get Depressed”, by Amie Ninh, she interviews Brian Primack on his belief on whether music causes depression or not. Brian Primack informs her that teens who listen to a lot of music are most likely depressed, but he then says there is no proof if music causes depression or if depressed teens use music as an escape. He did a study of 106 teenagers and music was the only one to show a change in emotions. The article shows to people connecting music to depression that there is not a enough information to prove that it actuall causes depression even though it can effect mood. Ninh, Amie. "Study: Are Music-Loving Teens More Likely to Be Depressed? | TIME.com." Time. Time, 12 Apr. 2011. Web. 08 Feb. 2013. . 3.) In the study by Valerie N. Stratton and Annette H. Zalanowski called “The Relationship Between Characteristic Moods and Most Commonly Listened To Types of Music”, Statton and Zalanowski were researching to find out if music was more positive or negative. Stratton and Zalanowski both work in Penn State Altonna with Stratton having a Ph. D and Zalanowski a medical assistant. They both found 217 participants to take a survey on what type of music they listened to, how long and how it made them feel. There were 3 participant groups being college students, faculty and non-college participants. The experiment did show a connection between music and emotions but no one genre was a dominant negative factor in all participant groups. There was a prominent issue with experiment since they had to depend on the participants to say the amount of music they listened to and there was no easy way to be exact. This study informed people who were looking for a connection between music and mood that it is there but not as dominant as many presume. Stratton, Valerie N., and Annette H. Zalanowski. "The Relationship Between Characteristic Moods And Most Commonly Listened To Types Of Music." Journal Of Music Therapy 34.(1997): 129-140. Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 15 Mar. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=7de1cf5b-e7fa-431c-8ab8-325a9193e3b8%40sessionmgr115&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eft&AN=507590902.