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Why Sing?
Research has found that singing:
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Improves mood and boosts vitality
- Increases oxytocin—a hormone connected with bonding and intimacy (Christina Grape)
- Pumps endorphins—neurotransmitters that inhibit pain and produce euphoria (Robin Dunbar)
- Creates a greater sense of well-being for choral singers than for solo singers or team sports players (Nick Stewart)
Develops the brain
- Improves executive function—the part of the brain responsible for reasoning, problem solving, creativity, flexibility, self-control, and focus (Adele Diamond)
- Improves the brain’s auditory processing—resulting in better letter sound acquisition, reading achievement and focusing in noisy environments (Nina Kraus)
- Remediates dyslexia—a rhythmic processing disorder in the brain (Usha Goswami)
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Improves IQ
Builds communication skills
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Raises reading and math achievement
- Repeatedly singing and reading songs using software increases reading achievement 1 year (avg.) in 13.5 hours (Susan Homan)
- Reading with timed same-language-subtitles on videos of musicals has dramatically raised literacy rates in India (Brij Kothari)
- Using folk songs and singing games to practice reading and math skills raises reading and math achievement (Affirming Parallel Concepts—Elizabeth B. Olson)
Helps to learn a foreign language
- Singing phrases in a new language doubles achievement gain (Karen M. Ludke)
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Promotes health
- Boosts IgA—a disease-fighting protein (Rob Beck)
- Singing and playing instruments boosts IgA more than listening (Dawn Kuhn)
Heals
- Allows stroke patients and people who stutter to speak freely (Melodic Intonation Therapy—Gottfried Schlaug)
- Helps Parkinson’s patients walk more easily (Oliver Sacks)
- Enlivens people with dementia and Alzheimer’s and enhances short-term and working memory (Nicholas Simmons-Stern)
- Helps post-surgery heart patients regain lung capacity (Mehmet Oz)
- Helps chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients improve lung capacity (Sidney De Haan)
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