Aren't you in for a treat...
I just happened to be mentioned in a recent article on the Motley Fool regarding Apple and cloud computing. I think in a few days, I would like expand on what I do use within the concept of cloud computing and what I do rely on with the computer itself or physical third party devices. Enjoy.
This sort of study shouldn't be ground-breaking but it should emphasize the importance of musical training in children. It probably safe to say that adults could do well with this too.
Laurel Trainor, director of the Institute for Music and the Mind at McMaster University in West Hamilton, Ontario, and colleagues compared preschool children who had taken music lessons with those who did not. Those with some training showed larger brain responses on a number of sound recognition tests given to the children. Her research indicated that musical training appears to modify the brain's auditory cortex. Can larger claims be made for the influence on the brain of musical training? Does training change thinking or cognition in general?
Trainor again says yes. Even a year or two of music training leads to enhanced levels of memory and attention when measured by the same type of tests that monitor electrical and magnetic impulses in the brain.
Brad is a long time friend and a brand-new St. Louis blogger for Examiner.com. He posted a new article on the recent growth of New Calvinism. Check it out.
What you have stumbled upon is the random brain activity that takes the form of a guy who does IT/computer work during the day and is a freelance trombonist in the evenings.
You may not understand the brevity of what you could be getting into in reading this blog. Do you really want to listen to the ramblings of someone who has to deal with people's computer/printer/internet problems all day? And everyone knows what they say about trombone players...
You may find the random thoughts venture toward cigar reviews, writing, music, anything and everything Apple, productivity (or the lack thereof), South Park...the list could go on. You've been warned...
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