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Music as Medicine: How to Harness its Therapeutic Power, with Daniel Levitin (Part One)

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The Power of Music in Learning

This chapter explores how music enhances young children's pattern recognition and language skills, using examples like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony to illustrate the brain's predictive capabilities. It also highlights the intriguing relationship between music, memory retention, and emotional connections, featuring a remarkable live performance from 1960 that showcases improvisation in the face of forgetfulness.

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