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Music and the Brain After Surgery

July 15th, 2009 · No Comments

http://the-brain-and-music.blogspot.com/2009/07/music-releases-endorphins-in-brain.html
Everyone knows that music makes them feel better, but apparently, music immediately after surgery is even more powerful than previously known. today I came across this article: By Denise DadorLOS ANGELES (KABC) — A local hospital takes the healing properties of music right to the patients.
She’s in the hospital, but Carol Starks feels she’s being [...]

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Music, the Brain, and School Performance

June 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Music, the Brain, and Academic Performance

June 21, 2009
Music affects many areas of brain function
by Marjorie H. Weil
Recently the Albion School District announced that, beginning this fall, all fifth- through 12th-graders would be required to take band or choir. Why? Because statistics show that students who do so perform better academically, have higher SAT scores, are [...]

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Music, the Brain and Near-death experiences

June 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments

All Things Considered, May 22, 2009 · We’ve all heard the stories about near-death experiences: the tunnel, the white light, the encounter with long-dead relatives now looking very much alive.
Scientists have cast a skeptical eye on these accounts. They say that these feelings and visions are simply the result of a brain shutting down.
But now [...]

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