[Harp-L] Tuning the mind

[MANFRED WEWERS <mwewers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

All you musically trained folks out there are enhancing brain functions while playing the harmonica.  According to York University, post-doctoral fellow Sylvain Moreno, music improves the brain's "executive functions", which include the "ability to focus and avoid distractions"  and to solve "complex mathematical problems".  A series of tests revealed that young musicians, who studied music, clearly out-performed those who did not.
 
"Discovering that music training benefits our brain's executive functions is relevant to the current revival of music programs in North America and Europe, as well as to the heightened awareness among the scientific community about the importance of music in cognitive and child development, " says Moreno  ("YorkU", Oct 2010, p.9).
 
So if you want to be the CEO, study music.  By the way, the accompanying photo in the article is of someone playing a Hohner harp.
 
Manfred Wewers from Toronto the Good