(Illustration of Maria Popova courtesy of Brain Pickings)
If you follow my posts, you know how much I love cultural curator Maria Popova and her intelligent, thought-provoking blog Brain Pickings. (If you don't already, please follow her on Twitter, because her tweets alone comprise an entire education.) For the weekend, I bring you her fascinating list of 7 Must-Read Books on Music, Emotion and the Brain. We live in a time when the powers-that-be believe that kids need math and reading, and everything else is merely fun and "extras" we can live without; these amazing books show us that artforms like music aren't extras at all, but are an integral part of who we are as a culture and a species. Could there be a close connection between children's achievement and the emotion, fun, and soul-lifting they receive through an education in the arts?
Take a look and expand your mind with these books on music and its effects on emotion and the brain.
Have a great weekend!
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