Nostalgic Music Box - A brain-activating CD that invigorates the mind and body through reminiscence

Nostalgia is good for the brain!

Various neuroscience studies have reported that nostalgia not only relieves stress and makes you feel more positive, but also helps maintain brain health and reduces the risk of dementia.
This brain-activating CD, supervised by Professor Yasuyuki Taki of Tohoku University, a specialist in aging medicine, invigorates the mind and body by delivering hit Showa-era songs that you've likely heard at least once, set to the nostalgic sounds of a music box.

[Track List]

1. Twilight Begin (Mizuhara Hiroshi)
2. With You Forever (Yuzo Kayama)
3. Scat at Dawn (Yuki Saori)
4. Blue Light Yokohama (Ishida Ayumi)
5. Give me wings (Red Bird)
6. Applause (Naomi Chiaki)
7. Kanda River (Minami Kosetsu and Princess Kaguya)
8. Lingering Snow (Dolphin)
9. Words of Greeting (Kaientai)
10. A Good Day to Leave (Yamaguchi Momoe)
11. From the Northern Inn (Harumi Miyako)
12. Winter Riviera (Mori Shinichi)
13. From the North Country (Masashi Sada)
14. Love is shining (Hibari Misora)
15. Let Time Go (Teresa Teng)
16. Goodbye Tears (Kyu Sakamoto)

◎This CD does not contain songs.
Arrangement: Blue Light Works

Why "popular songs"?

One of the reasons we feel nostalgic is when we feel a sense of familiarity with something.
People tend to feel closer to and like others the more frequently they come into contact with them; in psychology this is called the "mere exposure effect."
Popular songs are played on television and radio every day, and we hear them while walking around town, so regardless of personal musical tastes, we often become familiar with them and end up liking them.
By listening to these Showa era popular songs that are familiar to many people through the sound of a music box, we can now feel a sense of nostalgia.

The mechanism by which nostalgia can make you feel better

When we feel nostalgic, the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in the midbrain become activated, which causes dopamine neurons to release dopamine.
This brings about a sense of pleasure and has a positive effect on motor function, making us feel better, relieving stress and invigorating our mind and body.

The cover image features a work by Taniuchi Rokuro, a representative painter of the Showa era.

The works of Taniuchi Rokuro, who has been illustrating the covers of "Weekly Shincho" for 25 years since its first issue, are very familiar to us and evoke nostalgic feelings.
With the cooperation of his family and the Yokosuka Museum of Art, we have been able to use Taniuchi's work "The Child Blowing the Seeds" (1960) as the jacket image for this work, and "Summer in a Bottle" (1975) on the back cover.



Rokuro Taniuchi (1921-1981)
He was born in Ebisu, Tokyo in 1921 as the sixth son of nine siblings. After graduating from high school, he began submitting manga and illustrations to newspapers and magazines.
He won the first Bungeishunju Manga Award in 1955. The following year, he created the cover art for the magazine Shukan Shincho at the same time as its launch. Over the course of 25 years, until his death in 1981, he created over 1,300 cover art.
His works, which depict nostalgic landscapes and life throughout the seasons with his unique perspective and humor, have captured the hearts of many people.
In 2007, the Yokosuka Museum of Art and the Taniuchi Rokuro Museum opened in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Uses carefully selected music box sounds
The beautiful sounds of the "Alpha Wave Music Box" recorded on this CD contain subtle sound fluctuation signals that take cerebral physiology into consideration.
This fluctuation signal induces alpha waves, which is expected to relax the mind and body and enable various abilities to be unleashed.
In addition, feeling nostalgia causes the dopamine neurons in the brain to release dopamine, which is expected to improve your physical and mental state.

Supervised by: Yasuyuki Taki



Deputy Director of the Tohoku University Smart Aging Interdisciplinary Research Center, Professor at the Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, CEO of CogSmart, a startup company spun off from Tohoku University, and a physician and doctor of medicine.
He is active as a researcher at the Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer and the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, where he has created a database using brain MRI images to elucidate the mechanisms of brain development and aging.
To date, a total of approximately 160,000 brain MRIs have been interpreted and analyzed.
His books include "A Lifelong Healthy Brain" (Soleil Publishing), "The Ultimate Tips for Raising a Smart Child" (Bunkyosha), "The Reminiscence Brain" (Seishun Publishing), and "Brain Medicine Professor, Please Tell Me the Scientific Way to Become Smarter" (Nikkei BP), among many others.
In particular, his books "A Healthy Brain for Life" and "The Ultimate Tips for Raising a Smart Child" have both become bestsellers, selling over 100,000 copies, and have been translated and published overseas in multiple languages.
He has also appeared in many media outlets, including TV Tokyo's "The Clinic Where You Can Find Your Own Doctor," NHK's "NHK Special," NHK's "Asaichi," and TBS's "Emergency Doctor!"

[Staff]
All arranged by Blue Light Works
Planning, Director: Takeki Mitome
Mastering Engineer: Fumihiro Kojima
Design: Suzuka Nakamura (SDR.inc)
Illustration: Sumire Kudo
Executive Producer: Hideo Utsugi


Supervised by: Yasuyuki Taki (Professor, Physician, Doctor of Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University)
Arrangement: Blue Light Works
Price: ¥1,980 (tax included)
Running time: Approximately 68 minutes (16 songs total)
JAN: 4961501652722
Product Number: DLSR-126
Release date: Friday, June 24, 2022
Publisher: Della Co., Ltd.

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