photo credit: woodleywonderworks Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add classes, not cut them. In the November 2010 issue of Scientific American, the editors report that neuroscientists have examined the benefits of a concerted effort to study and practice music, and have found that music lessons can produce profound and [...]
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photo credit: Arbron New research shows musical training sharpens the ability to sense emotions. Makes sense to me. Music, especially classical, conveys many subtle emotions. Music and other arts help us develop our sense perceptions. Our perceptions shape our perspective and vice versa. According to Dana L. Strait and a team of researchers at Northwestern University [...]
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This reminds me of the work of Dr. Linda Long, a biochemist and musician, who develops Molecular Music from plant and human protein molecules. She uses the results for therapeutic purposes and to increase understanding of science and the human body. From Utne: Using people’s brain waves as the notes, scientists have created music. The [...]
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by Renee Hopkins Callahan Orchestrating Collaboration At Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork by Linda Naiman and Arthur Van Gundy. The book was published in 2003 by Wiley/Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, but is now available as an ebook.This is a hefty book — 265 pages — chock full of exercises that can be [...]

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