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2013


Abrams, D. A., Ryali S., Chen T., Chordia P., Khouzam A., Levitin D. J., Menon V. Intersubject synchronization of brain responses during natural music listening. European Journal of Neuroscience. (2013).

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CNN News Release: This is your brain on music

Stanford School of Medicine: Study shows different brains have similar responses to music

Science Daily: Different Brains Have Similar Responses to Music

The Atlantic: Study: There Seems to Be a Universal Brain Response to Music


Lynch, C. J., Uddin, L. Q., Supekar, K., Khouzam, A., Phillips, J., Menon, V. Default mode network in childhood autism: Posteromedial cortex heterogeneity and relationship with social deficits. Biological Psychiatry. (2013).

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MDLinx News Release: Default Mode Network in Childhood Autism: Posteromedial Cortex Heterogeneity and Relationship with Social Deficits


Supekar, K., Swigart, A., Tenison, C., Jolles, D., Rosenberg-Lee, M., Fuchs, L., & Menon, V. Neural predictors of individual differences in response to math tutoring in primary-grade school children. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. (2013).

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San Jose Mercury News Release: Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoring

Stanford School of Medicine: Size, wiring of brain structures in kids predict benefit from math tutoring, study says



2012


Hoeft, F., Gabrieli, J., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Haas, B., Bammer, R., Menon, V., & Spiegel, D. Functional brain basis of hypnotizability. Archives of General Psychiatry. (2012).

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Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Not getting sleepy? Research explains why hypnosis doesn't work for all


Levitin, D.J., Chordia, P., & Menon, V. Musical rhythm spectra from Bach to Joplin obey a 1/f power law. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. (2012).

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PNAS Press Release: From Monteverdi to Joplin, rhythm patterns recur

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Wired Magazine News Release: Fractal Musical Rhythms


Shirer, W. R., Ryali, S., Rykhlevskaia, E., Menon, V. & Greicius, M.D. Decoding subject-driven cognitive states with whole-brain connectivity patterns. Cerebral Cortex. (2011).

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Stanford School of Medicine News Release: New imaging method allows scientists to identify specific mental states.


Young, C.B., Wu, S., & Menon, V. Neurodevelopmental basis of math anxiety. Psychological Science. (2012).

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Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Imaging study reveals differences in brain function for children with math anxiety

The Guardian: Maths anxiety: the numbers are mounting

Huffington Post: Math Anxiety Linked With Differences In Brain Functioning, Study Finds

SF Chronicle: Demystifying math could ease anxiety



2011


Rosenberg-Lee, M., Barth, M. & Menon, V. What difference does a year of schooling make?: Maturation of brain response and connectivity between 2nd and 3rd grades during arithmetic problem solving. NeuroImage. (2011).

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Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Adding it up: Research shows how early math lessons change children's brains.
CNN The Chart: Does third grade lead to brain changes?
ScienceNews: A year adds up to big changes in the brain.



2009


Supekar, K., Musen, M. E., & Menon, V. Development of large-scale brain networks in children. PLoS Biology, 7(7) (2009).

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ABC News: New study reveals brain differences.
PLoS Biology: From Child to Young Adult, the Brain Changes Its Connections.
San Jose Mercury News:
Stanford News: Abnormal brain organization in Alzheimer’s disease patients may lead to easier diagnoses.
Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Pioneering Stanford study shows how children's brain signaling differs from adults.
Stanford StoryBank: Pioneering Stanford study shows how children's brain signaling differs from adults.



2008


Supekar, K., Menon, V., Rubin, D., Musem, M. & Greicius, M. D. Network analysis of intrinsic functional brain connectivity in Alzheimer's disease. PLoS Computational Biology, 4(6) (2008).

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Stanford News: Taking a page from Facebook: Researchers track brain networks in Alzheimer's.
Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Facebook concepts indicate brains of Alzheimer's patients aren't as networked, Stanford study shows .
The Times of India (India): Alzheimer’s: Puneite breaks new ground.

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NBC News
Stanford Report: Taking a page from Facebook: Researchers track brain networks in Alzheimer's.

Other
Simons Foundation for Autism Research


2007


Sridharan, D., Levitin, D. J., Chafe, C. H., Berger, J. & Menon, V. Neural dynamics of event segmentation in music: Converging evidence for dissociable ventral and dorsal streams. Neuron, 55(3), 21-532 (2007).

Report to the US Congress
NSF Highlights

Press Releases
ABC News: Music and the pregnant pause.
Ascribe: How the Brain Responds as the Beat Goes on: McGill, Stanford Researchers First to Map Neural Responses to Transitions in Music.
Business Wire: Music Moves Brain to Pay Attention, Stanford Study Finds.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (Canada): In music and memory formation, silence is golden, researchers say.
Cell Press(Neuron): Music hath charms to probe the brain's auditory circuitry.
EurekAlert: Music hath charms to probe the brain's auditory circuitry.
Forskning (Norway): Barokk hjerneforskning.
Le Devoir (French Canada): Notre cerveau aurait l'instinct mélomane.
Le Scienze (Italy): Musica & cervello.
McGill News (Canada): How the brain responds as the beat goes on.
NetDoktor.De Nachrichten (Germany): Gehirn: Musik schärft die Aufmerksamkeit
News-Medical.net (Australia): Music moves brain to pay attention.
Palo Alto Online: Study: Music makes brain work better.
Science Daily: Music Moves Brain To Pay Attention, Study Finds.
Stanford News: Music moves brain to pay attention, organize events.
Stanford School of Medicine News Release: Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds.
The Hindu (India): Music moves brain to pay attention: study.
Times of India (India): Hear music for a sharper brain.
U.S. News: Researchers Watch Music Play in the Brain.
Washington Post: Researchers watch music play in the brain.
Zee News (India): Listening to music makes the brain work better.

Interviews (Partial List)
ABC News:
Music and the Pregnant Pause: Research Shows a Moment of Silence Enhances the Experience
Brazilian Magazine "What's Up?" (Brazil)
Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten (Denmark)
Discovery Channel
La Repubblica (Italy): La magia della musica "Così attiva il cervello."
Hispanic Science News Wire Service
Journal of Life Sciences
Prevention Magazine
San Jose Mercury News
Scientific American: The Sound Track of Our Minds.
Sounds Opinion, Chicago Public Radio
Stanford Report
The Daily Telegraph (U.K.): Our brains crackle to the sound of silence.
The Calcutta Telegraph: Our brains crackle to the sound of silence.
WNYC, NPR

Press Coverage
Stanford School of Medicine Top Web Story of 2007
More than 75 newspapers and online news websites worldwide.

2007 Brain Network Dynamics Conference
Conference Archives


2006


Menon, V. & Levitin, D. J. The rewards of music listening: Response and physiological connectivity of the mesolimbic system. Neuroimage, 28(1), 175-184 (2005).

Press Coverage
New York Times: Music of the Hemispheres


2005


Azim, E., Mobbs, D., Jo, B., Menon, V. & Reiss, A. L. Sex differences in brain activation elicited by humor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A. 102(45), 16496-16501 (2005).

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More than 50 newspapers and online news websites worldwide.


2002


Adleman, N. E., Menon, V., Blasey, C. M., White, C. D., Warsofsky, I. S., Glover, G. H. & Reiss, A. L. A developmental fMRI study of the Stroop color-word task. Neuroimage. 16(1), 61-75 (2002).

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The Economist
Melbourne Age


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