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Exploring Social Justice Through Music
The concept of social justice is taught in many college courses across numerous disciplines, including social work, political philosophy, education, and psychology. According to Rawls (1999), social justice is “the basic structure of society, or
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How to Get Beyoncé Out of Your Head: The Scientific Solution
The Atlantic: Here are, in no particular order, some of the songs most likely to get stuck in your head when you hear them. Apologies in advance. – “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé – “Alejandro” –
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Do Music Lessons Make You Smarter?
Scientific American: Practice makes progress, if not perfection, for most things in life. Generally, practicing a skill—be it basketball, chess or the tuba—mostly makes you better at whatever it was you practiced. Even related areas
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How to banish earworms from your brain
NBC: Although it seems maddeningly impossible, new research suggests we really can get rid of that nagging tune that endlessly plays over and over again in our head. For those of you who had Carly
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A Musical Mind
APS Fellow E. Glenn Schellenberg reviews the cognitive, social, and emotional side effects of musical training.
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Music and the Science of Learning
Are musicians born or made? Musical aptitude seems heritable, yet no gene has been specifically and uniquely tied to music.
