Music And Language Are Processed By The Same Brain Systems

I find this intriguing: that bran imaging research "...tells us that these two aspects of music, that is rules and memorized melodies, depend on two different brain systems – brain systems that also underlie rules and memorized information in language,”
Which would support the, to me, anecdotal evidence that prosody can be leveraged to teach some supposedly tone-deaf people to sing. I'm also intrigued by the partial explanation that this could give to the desire to use song in worship: it's actually a reflex of wanting to say things to God ... ? The instinct for sung worship is deeply rooted. Perhaps that's why it's not commanded in scripture: it is hardly necessary; if people worship they will sing.

Of course this also has intriguing correlations potentially for understanding the image of God. I have been thinking about 'homo loquens' in relation to the image of God, now I find I should factor in singing too.

As the researcher, Ullman, says. “The findings open up exciting new ways of thinking about and investigating the relationship between language and music, two fundamental human capacities.”
And another piece of research recently published tells us, "new research suggests, music training may have considerable benefits for engendering literacy skills."
Maybe we should be taking musical metaphors for relating to God and God relating to the world more seriously...
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