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"Music therapy can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort, between demoralization and dignity.'' In this new field of heathcare, music is used to cure and alleviate all kinds of probelms, and can be supervised by professional music therapists and be practiced by the individual themselves. This website is designed to inform you about music therapy and its many benefits on your body and mind. All information was obtained through extensive research.







Improved Intelligence

Music therapy is shown to have very positive effects on your brain and improving your intelligence. Parents who have played classical music to infants in the womb have a greater chance of improving the intelligence of their child, because of frequent stimulation of the brain. Music therapy has also been used to help raise the intelligence of pre-school students. In the case of a study done by Dr. Rauscher and Dr. Shaw, they gave 53 pre-school children were given 8 months of music lessons found that 19 out of 34 of them had increase spatial reasoning skills. http://www.psychent.com/pstcho-therapy/again-music.htm%3E

5 comments:

  1. Lisha NelsonFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I agree with this because most children that are involved with music do very well in their studies such as math and science.

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  2. SukiFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    I agree with this, But not just through the music aspect. Without the arts studies have shown that students/children tend to do worse, in classes/studies.

    By watching and studying art, a student's own creative impulses may begin to flow. By being exposed to a large number of creative thinkers, the students themselves may get inspired to be creative in their own ways, which can help them in their future profession (http://www.ehow.com/about_6384501_art-important-school_.html#ixzz1EH8jictu)

    But also But it goes beyond research findings. The arts are personal. Acting in a play, painting a watercolor or playing a jazz solo gives students opportunities to express themselves and take risks. The arts are where students are free to use their imaginations and creative abilities. Students sometimes discover amazing things about themselves through the arts.(http://www.rsd.edu/features/the-arts-are-important.html)

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  3. Teri TuckerFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    I have to agree with Suki, the fine arts in general seem to make a difference in how well students perform academically. However, as a college instructor, I have found that the "rhythm" of music aids students in learning fine motor skills needed for specific tasks. In some instances, I have also seen where music can trigger memory responses (similar to smells or familiar sights triggering memories) which aid in recall of information studied.

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  4. UnknownMarch 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    I believe that music does help with memory retention. When I was in high school I conducted a study for my psychology project. It consisted of subjects in the top 10% of my graduating class. Some used music to study the same lesson and some did not. My findings were that individuals retained more information while studying with music as long as it was music that they enjoyed. If it was a type of music that they didn't enjoy there was more of a distraction and the retention was much lower.

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  5. My JourneyApril 2, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    @Lisha Nelson. I agree with the research that supports music's effect on intelligence. In learning how to play the clarinet and being in chorus I learned how to read mucsic which gave me an even greater understanding of learning fractions and some basic algebra. Thanks for doing your research James and developing this site.

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