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Hand-hacking lets you pluck strings like a musical pro

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

PossessedHand, being developed jointly by the University of Tokyo, Japan, and Sony Computer Science Laboratories, electrically stimulates the muscles in the forearm that move your fingers. A belt worn around that part of the subject’s arm contains 28 electrode pads … Continue reading →

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Scientific review of how music training primes nervous system and boosts learning

Posted on July 23, 2010 by admin

Now a data-driven review by Northwestern University researchers that will be published July 20 in Nature Reviews Neuroscience pulls together converging research from the scientific literature linking musical training to learning that spills over to skills including language, speech, memory, … Continue reading →

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