Monday, December 6, 2010

Annotated Bibliography #5

Article pertaining to the importance of music in memory retention for my paper I currently am writing

O' Donnell, Laurence. "Music and the Brain." "Brain & Mind" Magazine. 1999. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html>.
This website article is constructed to show how music has impacted some of the greatest people in history.  It also has significant segments within the article of how music tends to alter life. It later explains how the classical composers such as, Bach and Mozart’s music greatly increases memory retention and learning capabilities.  Their music has been involved with studies of chicken hens laying more eggs when the music is being played.  The purpose of this article is to show that learning with music affects your memory retention.  With the article being composed in relatively short segments with headings deciphering what is to follow allowing people to be able to find information about a particular topic rather easily.  This article helps clarify any doubts that music affects human’s ability to learn. It also shows what kind of music helps maximize memory retention.

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