tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post5335378597936477392..comments2024-01-25T08:52:28.661+01:00Comments on Music Matters | A blog on music cognition: Hearing the music, honing the mind?Henkjan Honinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492535292861909192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356665088551695982.post-23786661264856552402011-01-03T13:06:37.776+01:002011-01-03T13:06:37.776+01:00Music is great, no doubt about that, but that it c...Music is great, no doubt about that, but that it changes the brain is not an argument in favour of music.<br /><br />First problem with the argument: dropping a piano on someone also "produces profound and lasting changes". It's not enough to change something; it ought also be a positive change.<br /><br />Second problem with the argument, this time in the So What? category: just about everything you do changes the brain in some way, as a trivial consequence of the demolition of Cartesian dualism.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208461201183085397noreply@blogger.com