Can Mirror Neurons Help Children Learn Music?

Can Mirror Neurons Help Children Learn Music?

Modeling is such a powerful tool in early childhood learning – including music education.  Have you noticed children quickly like to imitate what they see? What’s at work in the brain when this happens? In the early 1990s, neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti, MD and his colleagues, from the University of Parma, first discovered mirror neurons in […]

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Music and Language Connection on Brain Development

Music and Language Connection on Brain Development

Some food for thought regarding the partnership of music and language on brain development. Excerpts from ChildCareExchange.com  by Pam Shiller 12/20/10 “Linguists, psychologists, and neuro-scientists have recently changed their long held opinion about the relationship between speaking and singing. The latest data show that music and language are so intertwined that an awareness of music […]

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