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Episode 288: Connecting brain science with music

AZSCI 288 brain science music
Molly Gebrian
UA music professor Molly Gebrian
Episode 288: Connecting brain science with music

University of Arizona music professor Molly Gebrian is also a neuroscientist. She's studying how the brain responds to learning through repetition, and explains why occasional breaks help practice make perfect.

Molly Gebrian spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph. D. Regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

Music professor Molly Gebrian's website

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