A National Institutes of Health-Kennedy Center joint initiative intends to study the potential for music to impact neurological conditions and related disorders. NIH is contributing $20 million over five years, with funding also coming from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Music lovers intuitively know that music affects our health, and it is exciting to see science getting behind it to find out how the brain is affected. For more information, please see this NIH news release:  https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-awards-20-million-over-five-years-bring-together-music-therapy-neuroscience?fbclid=IwAR1GWgivTL6o8v7JJyIYK6ORNvG-ycEnFKqxkHCEK3j8kqXTktP2L5T5Cq8 .