Volume 77 Jul/Dez

ON THE BRAIN, MIND, MUSIC AND DEAF COMPOSERS. A LITERATURE REVIEW AND COMMENTS. PART II .

Roberto  M.  NEVES-PINTO  ,  (  M.D.,  Ph.D),  otorhinolaryngology  professor,  Lt  col  (ret.)  Brazilian  Air  Force  M.C.;  Roberto  C. MEIRELLES , (M.D., Ph.D), otorhinolaryngology professor ; Othon BASTOS (M.S.,Ph.D.), psychiatry emeritus professor ; Sylvio L. C. de MORAES, (M.D.,D.D.S.),;maxillofacial surgeon, col. Brazilian Air Force  & Claudia NEVES-PINTO  (psychologist)

SUMMARY

The present paper is a literature review plus short comments on the subject, including modern imaging reports on the activation of brain areas by music listening or just imagining it, plus the music use as a therapeutic tool, moodstate and emotions regulator., its role in cinema, plus the  possible role of ʻdream musicʼ, ʻinner hearingʼ and  ʻaudiationʼ in deaf  composersʼ creative output.  The part I appeared in a past issue . The references pertinent to parts I and II are at the end of Part II .