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1、TextThedivawithinMusiccanliterallychangethewayyouthink,discoversarchaeologistStevenMithenwhenhelearnstosing.1Cananyonelearntosing?It'saquestionthathauntedmeasIwaswritingmymostrecentbookTheSingingNeanderthals.Myresearchhadpersuadedmethatmusicalityisdeeplyembeddedinthehumangenome,withfarmo
2、reancientevolutionaryrootsthanspokenlanguage.YethereIwas,unabletocarryatuneormatcharhythm.FriendsandacademiccolleaguesclaimedthiswassimplybecauseIhadbeen"turnedoff"frommusicasachildandifonlyItookafewlessonsIwouldfindmyvoice.Maybetheywereright.SohumiliatedwasIbymusicteacherswhomademe"sing
3、"aloneinfrontoftheclassthatIdroppedmusicatthefirstopportunityandhaven'tparticipatedinanythingmusicalforover35years.PerhapsIcouldlearntosing.Text2ThemoreIthoughtaboutit,themoreIrealizedthatherewasanopportunitynottobemissed.AswellastestingwhetherIcouldimprovemytone,pitchandrhythm,perhapsIc
4、ouldalsofindoutwhatwashappeninginsidemybrainasItriedtolearnhowtosing.IhadrecentlyreadanarticlebyresearcherLarryParsonsattheUniversityofSheffield,UK,entitled"Thesongsystemofthehumanbrain",andthenmethimataconference.TextWiththehelpoffunctionalMRIhehadbeguntoidentifywhichareasofthebrainarer
5、ecruitedwhenweengagewithmusic.Someoftheseareasareevidentlyusedforbothmusicandotheractivitiesandsome,suchastheplanumpolare,inthetemporallobe,appeartobespecializedforprocessingmusic.Iwantedtoknowwhetherlearningtosingcouldactuallychangethewaymybrainworked.Text3IemailedLarryjustbeforeChristm
6、asin2005,suggestingwecollaborateonanexperiment:Iwouldhavemybrainscannedwhilesinging,thentakeoneyearofsinginglessonsbeforehavinganotherscantoseewhetheranythinghadchanged.Larryagreed,soIfoundmyselfasingingteacher,PamChilvers,andthethreeofusmetearlyin2006todesignthestudy.TextWeagreedthatIwo
7、uldbetestedoneighttechnicalexercises,coveringvariousmusicaltaskssuchassustainingapitch,singingscalesandinrhythm.Iwouldalsolearntwosongs:AGaelicBlessingbyJohnRutterandLasciach'iopiangabyHandel.ListeningtoPamsingtheseremindedmeaboutmymotivationforwritingmybook:Whyshouldevol