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Adriana Barton
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Journalist, health focus. Author of WIRED FOR MUSIC (Greystone Books): 2024 Finalist, Canadian Book Club Awards. 2022 Finalist, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Awards. Former staff health reporter @globeandmail.
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Do music lessons make us smarter?

New post in my free series for readers of my book “Wired for Music.”

Chapter 5: A Musician’s Brain looks at the stark brain differences between early learners and those who receive music training after the age of 9 or so.

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October 23, 2023 at 7:35 PM
My first book hit the shelves a year ago today. Wonderful things have happened since:

📘Finalist for national science book award

📕Coverage in Boston Globe, Guardian, BBC science podcast, CBC Radio, etc.

📘Hardcover out of stock in four months

Gratitude to readers + supporters of “Wired for Music.”
October 11, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Detail from one of my mother Susan Feindel’s mosaics.

This one is entitled “Chrondus Crispus: Western Altlantic Marine Life Used in Conventional Medicine.

On permanent display at IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
October 9, 2023 at 10:10 PM