@article{Ismail_Sharifudin_Reza_Juahir_2021, title={UNVEILING THE NEURONAL MECHANISM DURING LISTENING TO QURANIC RECITATION}, volume={5}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/571}, DOI={10.31436/ijahs.v5i1.571}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Listening to Quranic recitation produces deep relaxation effects thus promotes cognitive capabilities. The brainwaves oscillatory responses were applied in psychotherapy and cognitive rehabilitation approaches. <strong>Objective: </strong>Emphasizing the alpha brainwave (frequency of 8 to 13Hz), we aimed to learn the neural mechanisms from the brain oscillations perspective evoked by the rhythmic acoustic of the Fatihah Chapter of the Holy Quran.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-eight healthy participants received three auditory stimulations of Fatihah Chapter, Arabic News, and Rest in random sequence in 5,8,6,6,10,8 and 20 seconds each, in a treated quiet room with dimmed light. Electrical activities were measured using the 128-electrode sensor net of EEG (Electrical Geodesics, Inc). The data was pre-processed by EGI Net Station and then analyzed by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) using BESA Research 6.0, Germany to yield the power spectrum (amplitude squared, µV<sup>2</sup>). Event-Related Synchronization or Desynchronization (ERD/ERS) analysis was subsequently performed.</p> <p><strong>Result:</strong> Listening to the  Fatihah Chapter recitation elicited ERD that pronounced as increased cortical excitability, reflecting the attentive behavior and memory consolidation in the listeners.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The highly rhythmic sound waveforms modulated the neuronal amplitudes as referred to the alpha ERD, which was produced during deep relaxation and could contribute to cognition enhancement.</p>}, number={1}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES}, author={Ismail, Samhani and Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff and Reza, Mohammed Faruque and Juahir, Hafizan}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={2134} }