The power of music

Music is universal - it is __________ by all cultures.

Some scientists believe that music came before speech and __________ as a development of mating calls.

In fact, there is __________ theory

that the __________ languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken.

Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of __________ history.

The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as means to __________ on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.

New evidence suggest that music does not just __________ the feel-good factor but it is also good for the brain.

A study of intelectually __________ children showed

that they could recall more __________ after it was given them in a song than agter it was read to them as a story.

Researchers also report that people __________ better on a standard intelligence test after listening to Mozart.

The so called "Mozart effect" has also been __________ by findings

that rats brought up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, __________ as a maze.

Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental __________ benefit from listening to music.