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The Helpful Sound WFC
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The Helpful Sound
By: Ethel Guillermo
Essential Question:
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- Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD of Harvard Medical
School
Case Study #1
Yunxin Wang,
Beijing Normal University
of China
● 48 Han Chinese Adults (18-21 y/o)
Participants ● At least 1 year of musical training
(3-15y/o)
Julie Roy,
University of Montreal
● 15 musicians
Participants ○ 10-25 years of experience
● 15 nonmusicians
1. Auditory
2. Visual
3. Kinesthetic
“
Music training imposes a high
working-memory load. That can be a good
thing, in that it helps [musicians] expand
[their] working memory capacity.
”
- William Klemm, Ph.D
Case Study #3
Nina Kraus,
Northwestern University
Participants ● Children in the 1st or 2nd grade who
lived in impoverished areas
Edward S. Lisk,
Clinician and conductor
● Music is not only for entertainment
● Fosters creativity
● Using many senses simultaneously
● Experience multiple expressions
Researchers
from the Netherlands
● Complete creativity exercises
Method ○ Silent setting
○ Listened to classical music
(happy, calm, sad)