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Music and the Brain

Posted on November 19, 2004
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Music surrounds us—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. An exhilarating orchestral crescendo can bring tears to our eyes and send shivers down our spines. Background swells add emotive punch to movies and TV shows. Organists at ballgames bring us together, cheering, to our feet. Parents croon soothingly to infants.

More on this article in Scientific American later…

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