Tweet 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 more […]
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The brain, anesthesia and near death experiences
June 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Tweet All Things Considered, May 22, 2009 ยท 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 […]
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