“Perhaps the most important problem in neuroscience is understanding what it means to be human, and music is an essential part of this.” These are the opening words of cognitive neuroscientist Robert Zattore's presentation during a workshop on Music and the Brain. For the workshop, the National Institutes of Health and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts convened a panel of experts to discuss the current state of research on music and the brain. The workshop was organized around the three life stages — childhood, adulthood, and aging. Over the course of a day and a half, the group noted that in addition to promoting language development, music has a positive effect on the development of other cognitive functions including attention, visual-spatial perception, and executive function. Boost your child's language development with music from Majors for Minors. The first session of the workshop was titled "Building: Music and the Child’s Bra
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