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Can Music Rewire the Brain?

March 1st, 2015 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet It seems that rewiring the brain is a very popular idea these days!  Over my past decade as a private practice psychotherapist and music medicine practitioner, I’ve read all the research on how positive affirmations can rewire the brain and I’ve seen this happen so many times.  We know that the messages we are […]

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Music and the Brain of an Alzheimer’s Patient

January 30th, 2015 · 2 Comments · how the brain works, music and alzheimer, music and the brain

Tweet The brain of the patient with Alzheimer’s disease is affected in a manner that has been described as being filled with tangled, plaque-laden dendrites.  Although, I believe that we are closer to a cure than ever before, it still stands to be a major disease with us aging baby boomers. Research is being conducted […]

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Music benefits the brain in so many ways!

September 30th, 2014 · 2 Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet We all know that music makes us feel great!  Pretty much everyone on the planet has some kind of music that they really, really like and that they respond to immediately!  And the good news is, the music that you like, and respond to, and choose over and over, is the very music that […]

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What one, natural, phenomenon can calm anxiety, improve mood and help learning?

August 26th, 2014 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet You know the answer to this one:  it’s music!!  It’s the one thing that, although pleasurable, is not JUST pleasurable.  Think about it:  looking at beautiful art, eating delicious food, and smelling glorious smells are wonderful, and they MAY decrease anxiety or improve your mood…but do they help you with studying, learning and focusing? […]

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Neuroscience and Music: Early music lessons highly recommended

July 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet The 90’s were called the Era of the Brain.  Many people believed that the brain was the last unexplored frontier and today, in 2014, people are still learning fascinating and very useful things about how music affects the brain.  For years, people have known that when little children are exposed to music, especially music […]

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