From Wired.com By Jonah Lehrer January 19, 2011 Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to […]

Making Music Boosts Brain’s Language Skills

Music fine-tunes certain language abilities in the brain, new research shows. Photograph by Pete Ryan, National Geographic Stock Victoria Jaggard in San Diego National Geographic News Published February 20, 2010 Do you have trouble hearing people talk at cocktail parties? Try practicing the piano before you leave the house. Musicians—from karaoke singers to professional cello […]

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