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Article: The Royal Institution Presents New Research At First Public Conference on 'The Musical Brain'; London Gathering Marks Turning Point in Field of Music-Brain Science.
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- July 12, 2002
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LONDON -- Scientists from the United Kingdom and North America convened today at the Royal Institution, London (Ri) to take part in a day-long public forum on one of the most rapidly developing fields of human research. Systematic inquiry into the relationship between music and brain function has been going on in earnest for only about a decade, and "The Musical Brain" represents a crossroads in this young discipline.
At the conference, researchers presented the mounting evidence that music is not merely a cultural phenomenon but a biological fact of human life-as demonstrated by infants who are too young for even informal music training, yet distinguish ...