Sing Your Voice » Singing Stories http://singyourvoice.com Spreading Joy Through Sound and Song Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:20:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3087 Damaged brains rewired by singing….. http://singyourvoice.com/1511/damaged-brains-rewired-by-singing/ http://singyourvoice.com/1511/damaged-brains-rewired-by-singing/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:55:02 +0000 john http://singyourvoice.com/?p=1511 Check out this article posted by David Gutierrez, staff writer for Natural News on Wednesday, July 07, 2010

http://www.naturalnews.com/029150_brain_damage_singing.html

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BBC NEWS

By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News, San Diego

Teaching stroke patients to sing “rewires” their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

See full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8526699.stm

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This is where you can leave your comments about what singing does (or has done) for you, how you feel….and so on.

You may also have some stories about what you have seen it do for other people and other communities….

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]]> http://singyourvoice.com/510/tell-us-your-singing-story/feed/ 1 David Attenborough: Why do we sing? http://singyourvoice.com/559/david-attenborough-why-do-we-sing/ http://singyourvoice.com/559/david-attenborough-why-do-we-sing/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:04:59 +0000 john http://singyourvoice.com/?p=559 Evolutionary theory says that physical characters develop because they’re needed.

Birds sing to advertise sex. But what is the need for humans to be able to sing as we do?

David Attenborough describes some of the animals which have complex song and seeks to explain why humans sing and are attracted to song singers and music.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2805176.htm

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