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A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety

  • 15 November 2016
  • Posted by: Jane Piazer
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A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety

Policy-makers are considering large-scale programs aimed at selfcontrol to improve citizens’ health and wealth and reduce crime. Experimental and economic studies suggest such programs could reap benefits.

Tratamiento comunitario de las adicciones y de las consecuencias de la exclusión grave: Manual de Trabajo para el Operador

  • 15 November 2016
  • Posted by: Jane Piazer
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Tratamiento comunitario de las adicciones y de las consecuencias de la exclusión grave: Manual de Trabajo para el Operador

En este documento se presentará una descripción de procesos, prácticas e instrumentos que la experiencia ha demonstrado ser utiles y eficaces en la práctica del tratamiento
comunitario.

How musical training affects cognitive development: rhythm, reward and other modulating variables

  • 15 November 2016
  • Posted by: Jane Piazer
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How musical training affects cognitive development: rhythm, reward and other modulating variables

Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development. Neuroimaging revealed plastic changes in the brains of adult musicians but it is still unclear to what extent they are the product of intensive music training rather than of other factors, such as preexisting biological markers of musicality. In this review, we synthesize a large body of studies demonstrating that benefits of musical training extend beyond the skills it directly aims to train and last well into adulthood.

Towards a neural basis of music-evoked emotions

  • 15 November 2016
  • Posted by: Jane Piazer
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Towards a neural basis of music-evoked emotions
Music is capable of evoking exceptionally strong emotions and of reliably affecting the mood of individuals. Functional neuroimaging and lesion studies show that music-evoked emotions can modulate activity in virtually all limbic and paralimbic brain structures.

Extended music education enhances the quality of school life

  • 14 November 2016
  • Posted by: Jane Piazer
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Extended music education enhances the quality of school life
The claim of whether music education can create social benefits in the school environment was tested in 10 Finnish schools with an extended music curricular class and control classes. The quality of school life (QSL) was assessed by a representative sample (N735) of pupils at years 3 and 6 (9- and 12-years-olds). The results showed that extended music education enhances the QSL, particularly in areas related to general satisfaction about the school and a sense of achievement and opportunity for students.
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