What is music doing to the brain?
I'm a senior at American High School in Fremont, California, headed toward neuroscience. I've spent three years in marching band and the last two asking a question I can't put down. How does musical training actually change memory, attention, and the developing brain, and can it be used as therapy?
SHANK3 and the genetics of autism
Gene research at the Rosetta Institute, running PCR and flow cytometry on a gene closely tied to autism.
3 entries →Marching band
Three years of marching band on flute, baritone, and saxophone, memorizing music and drill at the same time and then performing both in motion.
5 entries →Hygiene kits for Tri-Valley Haven
Assembled and donated personal care kits, with supplies, disposal bags, first aid, and a printed guide, to an agency serving families and young people in crisis.
4 entries →
Hygiene kits for Tri-Valley Haven
Assembled and donated personal care kits, holding supplies, disposal bags, first aid, and a printed guide, to an agency serving families and young people in crisis. Dignity was the constraint I designed around.
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