今日隨想

一月 3, 2008

1. 請看這裡討論所謂的 “光子密碼風水學”. 恐怖, 慘不忍賭. 意識的頻率?? 看得我快瘋掉了. 美國有雜誌專門反駁這些謬論. 可惜台灣還沒有 (?)

2. 前幾天聽到電台播放 Alanis Morissette 的老歌 Ironic, 想起這篇 Ironic, isn’t it?. 作者說 Alanis Morrisette 似乎不懂 ironic 這個字的意義. 她所提到 11 件所謂 “ironic” 的事件, 只有 2.5 個可以說得上是 “諷刺”. 這篇文章真是討論歌詞的典範. 所有討論歌詞的文章都應該以它作為藍本.

3. 我很高興看到有人在研究樂手的神經科學. 這篇文章提到有人用 fMRI 掃描鼓手的腦子, 結果發現打複拍子 (polyrhythm), 跟腦子處理語言的區域相關. 我認為所謂腦子的 “語言區” 的定義非常不明確, 很難解釋這個研究的意義.

我跟同學談起這件事時, 他立刻就開始練習打一些複拍子的節奏, 他說他是靠唸一些口訣來幫助維持兩個不同的拍子. 也許打鼓真的跟語言有點關係. 這就令我想起印度人訓練鼓手的方法, 有些也是靠著 assign 不同的音節給不同的 pattern. 請看 潛艇日誌介紹 John McLaughlin 的 DVD, 把這套系統介紹給西方的樂手. 我曾經對 konokol 非常有興趣, 不過時間有限, 應該是沒有機會看一看了.

張貼由 pyridine
歸檔於 科學, 隨想, 音樂

10 回應 to “今日隨想”

  1. st 說：
    一月 4, 2008 於 12:07 上午

    不知道像這個網站會不會收…
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/mocear

    天哪這內容，實在是太神奇了！
    本想貼給朋友看不過完全不想幫他增加點閱數

  2. pyridine 說：
    一月 4, 2008 於 12:22 上午

    st: that’s a very interesting website. thanx.

  3. Denise Wu 說：
    一月 6, 2008 於 7:34 上午

    Hello,

    Through the introduction of a friend, I have somewhat regularly visited your blog for few months. I am very impressed by the breadth and depth of your knowledge, and hope to express my appreciation of your intersting and inspiring view points.

    I work in the field of cognitive neuroscience. If you will be in Taiwan at some point, I would love to invite you to visit my lab and our institute - only if you are willing to accept the invitation, of course. I hope I don’t sound too much like a freak. I just thought I would say hello to other people who are also in this field, even you are currently abroad.

    I look forward to your response, however, please feel no obligation to reply. Happy new year!

  4. pyridine 說：
    一月 6, 2008 於 8:24 上午

    Hi Denise Wu,

    Thanx for your kind words. I’d love to visit your lab, but unfortunately I do not plan to go home in the near future (mostly due to teaching obligations). I certainly would like to drop by when I get a chance. Which department are you in?

  5. Denise 說：
    一月 6, 2008 於 3:05 午後

    Hey,

    I am in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at National Central University. You can find the information of our program online
    http://www.ncu.edu.tw/%7Encu5200/a_01.php

    From your articles, I can only figure that you are doing neuroscience research in vision in CA, but not sure in which program. If you feel comfortable sharing more information in your blog or e-mail, that would satisfy my curiosity. :)

    Anyway, I look forward to reading more of your articles and actually meeting you in person when you are in Taiwan.

  6. pyridine 說：
    一月 7, 2008 於 1:17 上午

    Hi Denise,

    I am afraid that I don’t want to be too specific about my identity on this blog. You never know if your blog would be used against you in the future.

    I’d love to get to know you better. I’ll post a email address a few days later so that people can email me. Thanx.

  7. Denise 說：
    一月 7, 2008 於 7:18 上午

    I totally understand, so please feel no pressure. You can contact me via my e-mail. Cheers!

  8. Wraecca 說：
    三月 28, 2008 於 3:24 上午

    很有趣！我是一名鼓手，的確是用類似吟唱的口訣來記憶、學習奇怪的節奏。

  9. pyridine 說：
    三月 28, 2008 於 7:51 上午

    wraecca: 能舉一個例子嗎?

  10. Wraecca 說：
    三月 29, 2008 於 2:05 上午

    嘖嘖，這要怎麼用文字表達呢？唸起來其實跟潛艇日誌那篇有點像，總之，在我唸不出節奏之前，手腳是打不出來的

留言