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Many of us worry that the older we get, the more cognitive decline we’ll experience. As we age, our brains change and lose that youthful plasticity — it can be harder to learn new things, or easily forget names and places.

Die Stimme von Joni Mitchell "Unter allen entsetzlichen Dingen ist das entsetzlichste die Musik - wenn sie erst erlernt wird." So sah es der Dramatiker Christian Friedrich Hebbel. Einen Monat lang werden in den "Hörbildern" Musiker/innen porträtiert, die ihr Handwerk bereits bestens erlernt und es darin zur Meisterschaft gebracht haben. Joni Mitchell, die Singer-Songwriterin aus Kanada macht den Anfang - und wird mit ihrer Stimme verführen. 2. Juli 2021, 13:31 Hörbilder Sommerserie Leidens...

This sampling of collected quotes over the past 10 years stands the test of time

In many European cultures, as well, music is for playing and sharing. Walking down a street in France, I stop to admire a duet — a guitar player and an accordionist. “Do you play?” I am asked in faltering English. “Sure,” I reply, “but…” and the guitar is handed over. “Alors rejoinez nous” — please join us — and then I am playing three- or four-chord songs I have never heard before but that have ­patterns that make sense to a musician’s ear, with new friends I have ...

0 April 29, 2021 18:55 by Olivia Stock Tolu Sangowawa Hardwired into our memory during a critical time and seeped in glorious nostalgia, the songs we hear as teenagers tend to remain lifelong favourites. From Tame Impala to The Beatles, Gambino to George Michael, Tolu Sangowawa explores why we’re obsessed with music from our youth.  Ever felt nostalgic about a past generation that you were never actually a part of? Or felt the emotional pain and sorrow of a yo...

Photo taken during a previous interview, pre-pandemic. The Sunday Times bestseller, neuroscientist, psychologist and king of calm joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky to talk about his book, how to flourish mentally and physically whatever your age and life hacks from the Dalai Lama. He told Chris: “The Changing Mind is a book that I wrote for people of any age including life hackers in their 20s and 30s or people in their 40s... "What are the things that we know about the brain...

Transcript minus Robyn Williams: Have you heard about the big fish in our oceans? 90% are now gone. Weve wiped them out, using weapons of war. Those were the words of Dr Daniel Pauly, the professor who lectured Dr Twiggy Forrest. And more on them in this Science Show which also goes to Russia, and gives you a romantic musical St Valentines Day. First, meet our new Chief Scientist and her take on new jobs coming from research. Cathy Foley: Jennifer Westacott from the Business Council of Austr...

Joni Mitchell's "Blue," marking it's 50th anniversary, is the subject of a daylong virtual conference at the University of Connecticut April 9.

Sophomore studying cognitive science and music applies lessons learned from her book collection

Six ways to turbocharge your daily walk and boost your health It’s arguably the best way to exercise during lockdown. Here’s how to make a stroll even better for your body Walking is free and, even better, it’s good for you Credit: SolStock/E+ Throughout the pandemic, and especially during this interminable winter lockdown, the daily walk has become sacred – one of the only legal activities we have left to break up the monotony. For frazzled home workers and schoolers, it’s a welcome ...