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7 Music can make you a kinder person

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Playing music can make you more compassion­ate. A year-long study of eight- to 11-year-olds showed that children who played music became significan­tly more compassion­ate than their counterpar­ts. The

conclusion was that music builds emotional intelligen­ce. In Venezuela, music lessons were made mandatory in schools. The result was a drop in crime and a decrease in

school dropouts.

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