This Is Your Brain On Music

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December 15, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace 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." { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration read this wonderful interview with writer and music teacher Gail Needleman: Music Is Something You Do. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face To Keep Company With Oneself 7 Simple Ways to Cultivate Comfort Last Lecture 5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations Mark Nepo: Where To Now? Spiritual Practices for Times of Crisis DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,967 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More