{"id":409,"date":"2015-06-26T02:43:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T02:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2015-06-26T02:43:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T02:43:44","slug":"great-information-on-how-learning-an-instrument-helps-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2015\/06\/great-information-on-how-learning-an-instrument-helps-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Information on How Learning an instrument helps the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"music4surgery\" data-hashtags=\"Music+lessons+and+the+brain\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2015\/06\/great-information-on-how-learning-an-instrument-helps-the-brain\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I am always fascinated about how music affects, shapes and even heals the brain. \u00a0Today, one of the wonderful sources of information about all of that is the famous &#8220;Ted Talks.&#8221; 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