Science all but confirms that humans are hard-wired to respond to music. Studies also suggest that someday music may even help patients heal from Parkinson's disease or a stroke.
In The Power of Music, Elena Mannes explores how music affects different groups of people and how it could play a role in health care.
Mannes tracked the human relationship with music over the course of a life span. She tells NPR's Neal Conan that studies show that infants prefer "consonant intervals, the smooth-sounding ones that sound nice to our Western ears in a chord, as opposed to a jarring combination of notes."
continue: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/01/136859090/the-power-of-music-to-affect-the-brain
In The Power of Music, Elena Mannes explores how music affects different groups of people and how it could play a role in health care.
Mannes tracked the human relationship with music over the course of a life span. She tells NPR's Neal Conan that studies show that infants prefer "consonant intervals, the smooth-sounding ones that sound nice to our Western ears in a chord, as opposed to a jarring combination of notes."
continue: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/01/136859090/the-power-of-music-to-affect-the-brain
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