Research Updates

Here at Bigger Better Brains we believe that through educating yourself, you can then educate and affect positive change in your community.

With all of the research in the field of neuromusical science, our BBB Research section serves as a content hub for you. We regularly share findings and break down the latest research to educate and inspire discussion. We hope you enjoy this page on our website and share BBB news with your colleagues, parents and students.

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  • In this new documentary film from the LiveLab at McMaster University in Canada, PhD researcher Dana Swarbrick created an experiment to explore how audience participation changes the impact of a concert experience. In education, we sometimes include audience participation in our concerts, but it may not be as significant as in a concert by adult […]

  • Music programs often grapple with a big question: should we give our students a variety of experiences learning different instruments, or should we get them to focus on learning and eventually mastering just one instrument? As almost always, the answer isn’t straightforward. In early childhood (between the ages of 0-5), providing opportunities for young children […]

  • Do you know someone who struggles to hear the emotions in speech? Imagine a situation where two friends meet a third friend for lunch. The two friends come away from the lunch date, and one says, “well, she seems like she is doing very well” while the other says, “she sounded so defeated by her […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the  “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

  • Welcome to the “Get your Bigger Better Brains at home” series. This is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the move by countries around the world to shut down school and commence at home learning for an extended period of time. We want to help. As you would know BBB’s mission is not […]

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