Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal

en Homayoun as a Persian Music Scale on Non-Musician’s Brain: an fMRI Study Clinical Neuroscience Clinical Neuroscience Original Original Introduction: The aim of this study was to get to a neurological evaluation of one of the Persian music scales, Homayoun, on brain activation of non-musician subjects. We selected this scale because Homayoun is one of the main scales in Persian classical music which is similar to minor mode in western scales. Methods: This study was performed on 19 right handed subjects, Aging 22-31. Here some pieces from Homayoun Dastgah are used in both rhythmic and non-rhythmic. Result: The results of this study revealed the brain activities for each of rhythmic and non-rhythmic versions of Homayoun Dastgah. The activated regions for non-rhythmic Homayoun contained: right and left Subcallosal Cortex, left Medial Frontal cortex, left anterior Cingulate Gyrus, left Frontal Pole and for rhythmic Homayoun contained: left Precentral Gyrus, left Precuneous Cortex, left anterior Supramarginal, left Superior Parietal Lobule, left Postcentral Gyrus. Also, we acquired amygdala area in both pieces of music. Discussion: Based on arousal effects of rhythm and Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, non-rhythmic Homayoun activates regions related to emotion and thinking while activity of rhythmic Homayoun is related to areas of movement and motion. Persian Music,Homayoun,Rhythm,Brain,fMRI. 22 29 http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-86&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Farzaneh Pouladi 1370031947532846001452 1370031947532846001452 Yes Habib Ganjgahi 1370031947532846001453 1370031947532846001453 No Ali Zadehmohammadi 1370031947532846001454 1370031947532846001454 No Mohammad Ali Oghabian 1370031947532846001455 1370031947532846001455 No