Music Psychology
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Will music make my child smarter?
Hello Dear Reader Today we are going to do things a little differently. Instead of commenting on a new paper, my usual format, I have written a short opinion piece in response to something I read in a UK newspaper a few weeks ago. Please bear in mind of course that this is just one person’s response, and opinion. And it’s just a taster of the debate! There is much more coverage in my book, for anyone who wishes to know more. OK, on with the words…. Access to music education has been on the decline, at least in UK schools, for years. I have experienced this regression from many…
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Happy New Year, Dear Reader I hope that you have enjoyed a pleasant holiday season and that 2014 brings you all the happiness, peace and prosperity that your heart desires. 2014 will mark the Chinese New Year of the wooden (or green) horse. It will also be the year that I finally come home to Yorkshire, to my family and friends, and to my fiance (yes, dear reader, he proposed over the holidays!) A new year brings new challenges. My beloved course on ‘Music and the Brain’ will come to an end here at the Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland and I will move into a period of exciting grant writing with…
