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Are music lessons the key to smarter kids?

May 11, 2023 | Creativity,  Education,  Performance,  Professionals | 11 Comments

My youngest son is now 13, but when he was four, he started piano lessons. Four years old ...
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Neuroplasticity - how learning the violing rewires your brain

What actually IS neuroplasticity?

Mar 29, 2015 | Neuroplasticity,  Neuroscience | 4 Comments

Last year I flew home to New Zealand for an old friend's 40th birthday (life is too short ...
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5 ways to improve your body-mind connection

Jan 13, 2015 | Education,  Exercise,  Mental Health,  Mind-Body | 11 Comments

Did you know that the chit chat between mind and body goes two ways? Your body is an ...
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The colour of music

Jan 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

Vanessa Wamsley is a journalist who writes science, nature and education stories. After years of misunderstanding science, she brings ...
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