Not “Old And In The Way”
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys — At TED.com. The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 10-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar. See video...
View Article“The Secret Space Of Dreams”
Infants are fast learners. Their brains are like sponges, even while they sleep: Parenting can sometimes make you want to scream, but a new study finds that arguing in front of your baby might...
View Article… To Fill The Air”
A new study published in Pediatrics examines the use of live music therapy in noisy neonatal intensive care units, and the benefits to its occupants: premature babies and their parents: The informed,...
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Elizabeth Landau explores the almost-medicinal power of music in humans: In one study reviewed, researchers studied patients who were about to undergo surgery. Participants were randomly assigned to...
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A Tune So Sweet
By Brian Donnelly, M.D. Can music therapy help some premature babies? Apparently so … Even the Beatles would have had trouble recognizing their peppy song in the lullaby that Andrea Zalkin sang to the...
View ArticleSweet, Sweet Music
Last week on The PediaBlog, Dr. Brian Donnelly submitted an interesting post on the healing benefits of music therapy for premature babies in neonatal intensive care units. In a study published in...
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Listen To The Music Play
Elizabeth Landau shines a light on music therapy and therapist Brian Jantz: Jantz is one of two music therapists at Boston Children’s Hospital, where the idea of using music to help patients as young...
View ArticleHealing With Music
My good friend John Duffy, a physical therapist who knows a thing or two about healing, responded to this morning’s post by pointing out one particular music therapist: A musician by the name of Mickey...
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Talk, Read, Sing – Repeat
One of the most important things parents can do to enhance their child’s intellectual development is also one of the simplest: talk. A landmark study done in 1995 demonstrated a direct relationship...
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Music On The Brain
Last week on The PediaBlog, we looked at a small study that used MRI scans to reveal anatomic brain changes in children who experienced prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution, specifically...
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Sacla’ Stage a Surprise Opera in a School Lunch Hall from Sacla UK on YouTube: Sacla’ the Pesto Pioneers and Italian foodies favourite, served up a great surprise at a Buckinghamshire primary school...
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Reflections Of A Grinder
By Brian W. Donnelly, M.D., I.B.C.L.C., Pediatric Alliance — North Hills “Am I the only one I know Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat Shadows will scream that I’m alone” —...
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The Kids Like It Loud
I remember when I went to college to begin my freshman year (it doesn’t seem that long ago!) my parents and I loaded up a U-Haul trailer for the ride up from New Jersey to Vermont. I didn’t need the...
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Little Nora (The Banjo Prodigy) from Joshua Z. Weinstein on Vimeo: The banjo is back. Meet Little Nora Brown the preteen Kentucky style claw hammer picking prodigy. A 12-year-old girl is supposed to...
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Feng E plays Classical Gas in the park from Feng E on YouTube. Ten years old. Four strings. Wow!
View Article*Flashback Friday*
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on February 22, 2013. This Is Your Brain On Rock This is interesting: Young children learning to play the drums, or a tiny violin, or the piano might...
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Skin Deep from Playing For Change on YouTube: “Skin Deep” is the first song from our Listen to the Music series — our newest body of work comprising 12 new Songs Around The World and featuring Buddy...
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