How can music be used most effectively therapeutically?
Note that these questions are highly diverse, because music research is a very broad field. In fact, these questions do not even cover the field. The first question concerns our biological heritage and involves findings from studies of infants. The second involves the organ (neural not instrumental) of all of our experiences, thoughts, plans, emotions and behavior, the human brain. The third is about how music influences the many processes involved in thought and reason, particularly as they relate to child development. The fourth concerns music therapy and wellness. An important, and unfortunate, aspect of music research is that the areas of inquiry represented by the four questions have had little interaction. For example, knowledge of how the brain processes music hasn t had much influence on music therapy. Findings from music therapy haven t impacted thinking about the issue of the biological heritage of music. Cognitive benefits of active music involvement in child development als
