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…and how to listen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Little kids, it turns out, are able to recognise distinct emotions such as fear in music. So, what if music could offer us grownups the same unique track to emotional recognition that apparently works with little kids? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what if it could help us bypass our usual analytical and highly critical filters and that inner critic that often shuts down\u00a0creative expression before it can even get started?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…and how to listen Little kids, it turns out, are able to recognise distinct emotions such as fear in music. So, what if music could offer us grownups the same unique track to emotional recognition that apparently works with little kids? 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