Music & the brain
I've read about this kind of research before, connected with how people "audiate" music. Edwin Gordon's research on children's musical development was the basis for some of my classes in Music & Movement at Nova. He said that the amount, variety, & complexity of music heard in infancy and early childhood predicts later musical aptitude, not to mention enjoyment! Brain research has shown that people hearing music with parts left out will "fill in" what is left, if they know the music (no surprise there).
This short abstract from Science Daily shows a more profound connection between brain research on musical perception, and teaching through music and movement. The places in the brain that are activated when researchers change a note or notes during fMRI are those involved in movement and emotion! How intricately connected music, movement and emotion are! Of course we knew this, but to see it in the brain is so affirming! The abstract also discusses how the brain processes music it is hearing by statistically comparing it to music already heard. People who have a wealth of music inside them can imagine (ie. audiate) music before it is played.
Here is the link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100115204704.htm
This short abstract from Science Daily shows a more profound connection between brain research on musical perception, and teaching through music and movement. The places in the brain that are activated when researchers change a note or notes during fMRI are those involved in movement and emotion! How intricately connected music, movement and emotion are! Of course we knew this, but to see it in the brain is so affirming! The abstract also discusses how the brain processes music it is hearing by statistically comparing it to music already heard. People who have a wealth of music inside them can imagine (ie. audiate) music before it is played.
Here is the link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100115204704.htm
Tags: Gordon, aptitude, brain, childhood, early, infants, movement, music, preschool, toddlers
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Comment by Gail Multop on January 30, 2010 at 5:12pm - Angela, I can't imagine why the teens shouldn't listen to "teen" music as long as the other teachers or their parents are okay with that. Some "teenage" music might be agitating, I suppose (I'm thinking what we used to call "heavy metal"), but otherwise, why not? And classical would be especially wonderful for them because it organizes the brain. Playing Vivaldi, Handel, or Bach would be a lovely influence on them (I'm saying all of this not knowing what disabilities you are talking about!!!).
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Comment by Angela Lynn Jackson on January 30, 2010 at 3:36pm - I work with children that have learning disabilities and we have teen-ages, and they still listerns to pre-school music and I would like to know if we should let them listern to older music for teen ages
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Comment by Rae Pica on January 16, 2010 at 10:05am - Thanks so much for sharing this, Gail!
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