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Your Brain on Bach

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain, Uncategorized

Tweet Thanks to my friend Glenda Neely, a Vanderbilt alum for sending me this excellent article: Musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and use both the left and right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily […]

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The Musical Brain

December 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Tweet The musical brain is a fascinating topic that was written by my mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey. I know you’ll like it! by Dr. Arthur Harvey From recent brain research on learning styles, it has been esti­mated that 80-90% of what is experienced and learned is non­verbal, with what sometimes is described as a “right-brain” […]

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Music, Power, and the Brain

December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Tweet A man named Laurence O’Donnell has written a fascinating paper. and subsequently a website called “Music Power.” I highly recommend that you check out both. He writes a lot about music and the brain. One thing he says is “Responses to music are easy to be detected in the human body. Classical music from the […]

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Music and Epilepsy

November 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Tweet   Using the sound of her violin, concert violinist Martha Curtis teaches hope, and the power to overcome anything. Curtis has suffered from epilepsy her entire life, even having seizures on the biggest concert stages in the world. 15 years ago, Curtis put her career and love for music on the line, undergoing three […]

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Pay Attention to Music for Political Ads!

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Tweet I don’t know about you, but I am getting so weary of all the political ads we’re being inundated with these days. The mud-slinging is getting really bad but there is one ad that I really actually like because of the music played in the background. This is the ad for an Indiana politician…Mitch […]

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