307 - Why is Music So Significant?

307 - Why is Music So Significant?

A neuroscientist, a musicologist-dean of a fine arts academic program, and an education innovator – discuss music’s universal appeal and its importance to the development of human society.  All concur its inherent symmetry and organizational principles tap into a deep human need to order, or manage, our environment.  They investigate how music may affect brain development, shed additional light as to whether listening to classical music can make us smarter, and bounce back and forth music’s possible role in the development of cooperative action.

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