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Dec 15, 2019
"Music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication and for the very cognitive, representational flexibility necessary to become humans." --Daniel J. Levitin
This Is Your Brain On Music
"Musical training doesn't just improve your ear for music -- it also helps your ear for speech. That's the takeaway from an unusual new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers found that kids who took music lessons for two years didn't just get better at playing the trombone or violin; they found that playing music also helped kids' brains process language."
BE THE CHANGE
For more inspiration read this wonderful interview with writer and music teacher Gail Needleman: Music Is Something You Do. More ...
