{"id":5,"date":"2006-07-16T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2014-11-17T21:20:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T21:20:27","slug":"why-are-musical-memories-so-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2006\/07\/why-are-musical-memories-so-powerful\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are musical memories so powerful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"music4surgery\" data-hashtags=\"musical+memories\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2006\/07\/why-are-musical-memories-so-powerful\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>There is considerable\u00a0research showing that the music we listen to in our &#8220;courting years&#8221; is the music that means the most to us in our last few decades of life. Think about it&#8230;what did you listen to when you were in high school? Was it the Platters, the Beatles, the Carpenters, Madonna, Cindy Lauper??? It seems that every generation thinks that the music from their courting years is the best. Why? Could it be that when we&#8217;re &#8220;falling in love&#8221; in our teen years, the power neurochemicals released in our brains imprint the music in an indelible way?<\/p>\n<p>Think about it&#8230;go back in time and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com\">www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.DrCashPrefers.com\" class=\"broken_link\">www<\/a>.SurgicalSerenitySolutions.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet There is considerable\u00a0research showing that the music we listen to in our &#8220;courting years&#8221; is the music that means the most to us in our last few decades of life. 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