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• See listings under “Psychology and Music” on the “Recommended Websites & Online Resources” page.

Brain Research on Musicians

• Guitarists can switch off consciousness:  http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/guitarists_brains_are_different_than_everybody_elses_study_finds.html?no_takeover 

• Drummers have special type of problem solving intelligence: http://www.policymic.com/articles/89363/science-shows-how-drummers-brains-are-actually-different-from-everybody-elses
  

• Research on “earworms” (song fragments that seem to get stuck and involuntarily replay in our heads)–NPR Science Friday interview:  http://sciencefriday.com/segment/05/30/2014/why-do-some-songs-stick-in-our-heads.html[/embed]

• “Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Our Heads?”–article on research on “earworms”:   http://sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/28/2014/why-do-songs-get-stuck-in-our-heads.html?series=28[/embed]

• How musicians’ brains are different–TED lesson:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

Musical Preferences

• How our formative teen years affect our musical preferences:  http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/musical_nostalgia_the_psychology_and_neuroscience_for_song_preference_and.html

Rhythm

• Research on rhythms that make people want to dance:  http://www.psypost.org/2014/04/in-funk-music-rhythmic-complexity-influences-dancing-desire-24490[/embed]

Psychological Benefits of Music