Yes, Rachel, this book is excellent.  Ralph loved it.  We should all  
keep playing as long as we can!  : - )
Donna Bowie

On Aug 2, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Rachel Cullen wrote:

> Check out the book "This is your Brain on Music" by Daniel J.  
> Levitin.  It is about how your brain changes when you are listening  
> to and participating in music.
>
> Rachel Cullen
> Music Teacher
> Maple Ave. Elementary School
> (603)543-4270
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Upper Valley Community Band on behalf of James Laffan
> Sent: Tue 8/2/2011 8:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [article] Can Music Experience Improve Older Adults'  
> Hearing? Older musicians excel in memory and hearing speech in noise  
> compared to non-musicians
>
> What? Hey, you talkin' to ME?
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Michael Geilich  
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > Clearly not talking about people who burn their ears out with loud
> > amplifiers.
> > They call themselves musicians too.
> >
> > On Aug 2, 2011, at 7:19 AM, John Erickson wrote:
> >
> > > Willy requested that I post a link to this story: "Can Music
> > > Experience Improve Older Adults' Hearing?" (Northwestern  
> University
> > > Newscenter) <http://bit.ly/nyib8l>
> > >
> > > Can Music Experience Improve Older Adults' Hearing?
> > > Older musicians excel in memory and hearing speech in noise  
> compared
> > > to non-musicians
> > > By Wendy Leopold (May 11, 2011)
> > >
> > > EVANSTON, Ill. --- A growing body of research finds musical  
> training
> > > gives students learning advantages in the classroom. Now a
> > > Northwestern University study finds musical training can benefit
> > > Grandma, too, by offsetting some of the deleterious effects of  
> aging.
> > >
> > > "Lifelong musical training appears to confer advantages in at  
> least
> > > two important functions known to decline with age -- memory and  
> the
> > > ability to hear speech in noise," says Nina Kraus, director of the
> > > Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory and co-author of the study in  
> the May
> > > 11 issue of the online science journal PLoS One.
> > >
> > > Co-written by Northwestern researchers Alexandra Parbery-Clark,  
> Dana
> > > Strait, Samira Anderson, Emily Hittner and Kraus, "Musical  
> Experience
> > > and the Aging Auditory System" finds that -- when compared to  
> their
> > > non-musician counterparts -- musicians 45- to 65-years-old excel  
> in
> > > auditory memory and the ability to hear speech in noisy
> > > environments...
> > >
> > > (more at link above)
> > >
> > > =========
> > >
> > > The citation for the work is: Parbery-Clark A, Strait DL,  
> Anderson S,
> > > Hittner E, Kraus N. (2011) "Musical Experience and the Aging  
> Auditory
> > > System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in
> > > Noise." PLoS ONE 6(5): e18082. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018082
> > > <http://bit.ly/nwWQof>
> > >
> > > --
> > > John S. Erickson, Ph.D.
> > > http://bitwacker.com
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> > > Skype: @olyerickson
> >
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