Andrej --- Couldn't agree more...shared emotions help people connect at a different level and deepens relationships. On another note, a dear person in my life suffered a debilitating stroke and lost her speech. However, when she listened to music, she could hum along and regained her speech while she was doing so! On reseach music promotes changes in the brain called "neural reorganization." Same thing applies here.

Source author: Marie Betts-Johnson mbj@ipicalifornia.com