“If you’re not regularly spending time alone, you’re not living your best life… Introverts need alone time like we need air to breathe…” Click 7 Ways Spending Time Alone Will Change Your Life | Psychology Today for the rest of the article.
Excerpt from Why Do the Songs from Your Past Evoke Such Vivid Memories? by Christopher Bergland | December 11, 2013 | Psychology Today Listening to music engages large scale neural networks across the entire brain. We all know the power of an old song to trigger vivid memories that seem to transport us back in…
Excerpt from Why Dancing Is the Best Thing You Can Do For Your Body by Markham Heid | July 5, 2017 | Time.com Dance floors tend to be sweaty places for a reason. All of those shimmies and shakes burn energy like you wouldn’t believe—and come with many other surprising health benefits, too. When you…
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Excerpt from Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour | Posted on August 29, 2017 in Neuroscience Story in Brief: Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain – an area that controls memory, learning and balance. A new study, comparing different forms of…
Excerpt from Scientists Investigate Health Benefits Of Music, Rhythm and Movement by Sorcha Pollak | The Irish Times | Tue, Jan 14, 2014, 01:00 NUI Maynooth has announced its involvement in a €3 million EU-funded project investigating whether music and rhythm can help improve mobility. The project, known as BeatHealth, will examine both patients with…
by David Kohn | photo by Toni Gauthier
Neuroscientists haven’t really explored how movement and thought interact, largely because it’s hard for anyone to leap, twist and turn while lying flat in an MRI tube, or connected to a tangle of wires. But with the help of new mobile brain imaging technology, a Maryland researcher now has the beginnings of an answer.
Neurologists May Know Why Excerpt [click HERE for the rest of the story]: If the sound of a co-worker repeatedly clicking his pen can send you into a flaming furor, take heart: You’re not being hypersensitive, and you’re not alone. Neurologists in the UK have spotted physical differences in the brains of people with this…
Excerpt from Psychological Benefits of Rhythm by Heleniq Argyrou M.A. “…the drum has been used since time immemorial as a regular part of healing traditions…” (Klower, 1997) Emotional and creative expression: develops and encourages expression of all kinds of experience non-verbally; then enhances creative self-expression; develops creativity. Emotional release: helps us let go of troubled…
Excerpt from Feel the beat: how rhythm shapes the way we use and understand language by Peter Kimpton | The Guardian (UK) |Fri 6 Mar 2015 10.23 EST Do you feel the rhythm? Or a French rythme, Spanish ritmo, Swedish rytm, Russian ритм (ritm) or Japanese rizumu? Is there a difference? Perhaps one way to…
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