Afternoon links

• Great article in New York times   suggest that When children learn to play a musical instrument, they strengthen a range of auditory skills... these skills persist years after lessons stop.

• That article led me to this place at Northwestern University that has a lot interesting research and such.

• Here is an interesting article linking food and mood.

•  WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT MINDFULNESS????????????????

• US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) upholds seculsion rooms in a Norh Carolina school district. LINK .... I guess they are not against the law... but they are unethical and not used properly in the majority of cases (IMO).