Doak, Bridget.
2006.
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- Abstract.
- Ph. D. Temple University 2006
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-175).
- The effects of shamanic drumming on anxiety, mood, states of consciousness, imagery, and brain patterns were investigated in twenty right-handed college students. The subjects completed the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Profile of Mood States, narrative reports of imagery experiences, and self-reports of their states of consciousness before and after listening to a recording of shamanic drumming and silence. Two subjects with high scores and one subject with a low score on these measures were selected to undergo an fMRI while listening to ten minutes of alternating recordings of thirty seconds of shamanic drumming and thirty seconds of non-shamanic drum patterns of varying tempos and rhythms. Results indicated no effect of shamanic drumming on anxiety or states of consciousness, and similar effects of shamanic drumming and silence on reducing mood disturbance. Shamanic drumming seems to induce imagery that is associated with drums and healing ceremonies, and it appears to affect mood states according to the preferences, associations, and imagery experiences of each listener. FMRI analysis showed an area of activation in the occipital lobe that may be similar to light Stage 1 sleep.
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