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 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > -----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 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > Twitter: @olyerickson > > > Skype: @olyerickson > > > >