I'm excited to pass along another great resource for you! My son (John) found this and posted it to my Facebook page. It's a 6 minute YouTube video that illustrates the power of music on the brain. We know that the brain loves music because of the patterns, the repetitions, the rhythms, etc. We know that putting information to music makes it much easier to learn- and we know that information set to music, or a rhythm or rhyme, tends to STICK in one's memory! Do you remember reading about the role that music therapy played in Gabby Gifford's recovery from her traumatic brain injury? Music has been instrumental (no pun intended) in her regaining the ability to speak.
This video shows the effect that music has on an elderly man suffering from dementia. One of the people interviewed is Dr. Oliver Sacks, a leader in the field of neuroscience. (He has authored a number of books) The video is short. I hope you'll take time to watch it. It will not only reinforce some of the things you've learned about the brain in class, but it will also make you smile!
(Thanks for finding this, John Crotty! See? You've become a brain-junkie--- just like your mom!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQ&sns=fb
