Music is often used for healing purposes; from relaxation to recovering from cancer. According to science, music can have a powerful effect on repairing brain damage. Patients with left-sided brain damage who can no longer speak can find they are able to sing words, often without any difficulty or training. Melodic intonation therapy, or singing…
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Can music slow down the aging process?
An interesting new study has revealed that music can help slow down the aging process. Researchers in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University in the US, measured the automatic brain responses of younger and older musicians and non-musicians to speech sounds. They discovered that older musicians had a distinct neural timing advantage and concluded…