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This Is Your Brain On Music

There have been many interesting articles and books written on the effects of music on the human mind and body, such as the highly enlightening Oliver Sacks Musicophilia. Remember the excitement generated in the USA of the infamous Mozart Effect, where every newborn in one trial state was delivered a CD of Mozart recordings with the sadly now unsupported idea, due to the dubious experimental conditions, that ‘music makes you smarter’? Daniel Levitin adds to the developing subject of music neurology a refreshing insight into the human mind and its age-old relationship with the language of music.

Asides

• docile (adjective) 1. readily trained or taught; teachable. How has the word 'docile' come to mean something negative? Shouldn't we wish all our students were docile? #
• Ruffing (n.) The stomping of feet as a form of applause. As a member of an orchestra I've done this many times in recognition of a soloist or conductor. Now I know what it is called! #