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Brain Effects 

​A growing body of research  demonstrates the effects of rhythmic drumming; including synchronizing both brain hemispheres,  leading to positive emotional responses as well as measurable growth in brain matter, particularly in the region connecting both hemispheres.
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"One of the most powerful aspects of drumming and the reason people have done it since the beginning of being human is that it changes people's consciousness. Through rhythmic repetition of ritual sounds, the body, the brain and the nervous system are energized and transformed. When a group of people play a rhythm for an extended period of time, their brain waves become entrained to the rhythm and they have a shared brain wave state. The longer the drumming goes on, the more powerful the entrainment becomes.  ​It's really the oldest holy communion."
Layne Redmond

Improved Executive Function and Callosal White Matter Microstructure after Rhythm Exercise in Huntington's Disease.
Metzler-Baddeley, Cantera, Coulthard, Rosser, Jones, Baddeley 

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The Traditional Healing Properties of the Drum Merge with the Latest Research from the Fields of Neuroscience and Trauma Informed Care.   
Simon Faulkner

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Motor Learning Induces Plasticity in the Resting
Brain—Drumming Up a Connection
Ali Amad, Jade Seidman, Stephen B. Draper, Muriel M. K. Bruchhage,
Ruth G. Lowry, James Wheeler, Andrew Robertson, Steven C. R. Williams
and Marcus S. Smith

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​Musical Training Creates New Brain Connections in Children
Pilar Dies-Suarez, M.D  Silvia Hidalgo-Tobon, Ph.D., Benito De Celis Alonso, Ph.D., Coral Guerrero, and Eduardo Castro Sierra, M.D.

According to research undertaken in Mexico with Boomwhackers, taking music lessons increases brain fibre connections in children and may be useful in treating autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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the Effects of Musical Training on Structural Brain Development
A Longitudinal Study
Krista L. Hyde, Jason Lerch, Andrea Norton,
Marie Forgeard, Ellen Winner, Alan C. Evans,
and Gottfried Schlaug

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Synchronized Drumming Enhances Activity in the Caudate and Facilitates Prosocial Commitment - If the Rhythm Comes Easily
Idil Kokal, Annerose Engel, Sebastian Kirschner, Christian Keysers

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The Ability to Move to a Beat Is Linked to the Consistency of Neural Responses to Sound Adam Tierney and Nina Kraus

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