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Opera Singer with Rare Brain Malady, Recovers with Music

October 1st, 2012 · 2 Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet  For professional musicians or music lovers, the more music you’re familiar with, the better chance you have a using music for healing purposes, if something goes wrong, or if you just want to increase your wellness.  Here’s a wonderful example of a young opera singer who was able to use the music she had […]

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How the Brain Processes Music

August 29th, 2012 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet I’ve heard people say for several decades now, that the brain is the last unexplored frontier.   I find that extremely exciting because I know how powerful music is and I believe that the more we understand about how music affects us, through the brain, then the better we can help humans to heal from […]

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Learning to play music benefits the brain: neuroplasticity

August 1st, 2012 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet (NaturalNews) Northwestern University scientists have pulled together a review of research into what music — specifically, learning to play music — does to humans. The result shows music training does far more than allow us to entertain ourselves and others by playing an instrument or singing. Instead, it actually changes our brains. The paper, […]

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New study shows: Three basic emotions evoked by Western music affect people everywhere, regardless of culture or habits,

June 25th, 2012 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet Three basic emotions evoked by Western music affect people everywhere, regardless of culture or habits, a new study shows. People in Africa who’ve never listened to a radio can still pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music, researchers say in the journal Current Biology. These emotions in music can be […]

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Does music actually change your brain? Scientists think so!

June 1st, 2012 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet edit help Music: It’s in your head, changing your brain By Elizabeth Landau , CNN updated 9:55 AM EDT, Mon May 28, 2012 CNN.com Bassist Victor Wooten says you don’t need to start with the rules of music in order to play an instrument. (CNN) — Michael Jackson was on to something when he […]

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