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26 Jun 2012,
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Response to "The Music Instinct: Science and Song"
What an amazing documentary from the amazing Dr. Daniel Levitin, who has received high esteem for his book, This Is Your Brain on Music. The documentary features legendary musician Bobby McFerrin and a cocktail of neuroscientists who all articulate the real mental, emotional and even physical reactions our body and mind have to music. I showed this documentary to my middle school music students who before were convinced that the only relevance music had to them was passive consumption through ...