opments could lead to more refined methods of practicing music therapy. Music could be used to treat autistic children and help children with learning disabilities overcome them. We could build an entirely new education system based on music learning such as employed by Daniel Pratt in his Kindermusik program. The benefits of music and brain research are endless.Neuroscientists have only uncovered the surface of a potentially extravagant discovery. There may be an even deeper meaning to music that we cannot begin to imagine. As Richard Knox stated in his article in the Boston Globe, "The new work is part of a growing body of evidence indicating that human brains are designed to process, appreciate, and eventually create music - an activity whose importance for the species scientists are only beginning to appreciate in biological terms." (Knox A6) When they do discover the true importance of music, it will have been well worth the effort....
