The conference, which assembles an impressive array of brain behavior experts, offered presentations by leading researchers, practitioners, educators and authors. Dr. Norman M. Weinberger, professor of psychobiology at University of California Irvine, works at the Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, the only institution in the world devoted exclusively to brain and learning.
Children spontaneously enjoy it enormously.
The channel is already set up for them to use music for learning and to express themselves. Music is a natural ability that's withering. I'd like to see us capitalize more on known biological behaviors, take what I call a more naturalistic approach. Several recent scientific studies referenced in Dr. Weinberger's article support the newest findings that music has strong biological roots. Biological behaviors are universal and, though uses of music vary widely across cultures, it is ever-present.