The addition of emotion to the innovation process acts as a catalyst that stimulates the mind to greater output while simultaneously increasing its force to overcome the brain’s resistance to being re-wired for the greater capacity needed for greater creativity. Emotion can range from fear to inspiration and from conflict to harmony. Those emotions can be triggered by human interaction through the release of internal chemicals. Emotions can also be triggered through physiological interaction or by musical vibrations. Within the music domain it has been found that playing bowed string instruments produce the highest level of emotion and is therefore the most potent catalyst for the mind. (Hence why video movies and video games use symphonic soundtracks to impact emotion). This is due to the strings uniquely being amplified by an instrument body designed by divine geometry centuries ago. The very movement of a bow along the strings induces vibrations that resonate in consonance with our bodies. This is why we can be overcome with emotion when we hear the evocative sound of string instruments. Because more than any other instruments, the string instruments evoke emotion that speak directly to our imagination. This experience then stimulates the mind to assimilate information in ways that would not have happened otherwise, freeing us from a lifetime of obstacles that have blocked our imagination. So as radical as it may first seem, it turns out that string instruments have the power to free our imagination thereby stimulating creativity.

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How The Brain Is Affected By Music:

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• Music training can change children’s brain structure and boost decision-making network

• Children’s Brain Develop Faster With Exposure To Music, Study Proves

• The science of why music improves our memory and verbal intelligence

• Does Music Training Enhance Literacy Skills? A Meta-Analysis

• The Relationship Between Music Education and Brain Development

• ARTSpeaks Full Lecture: Music and the Brain

• Music Education and Brain Development

• How Musical Training Affects Cognitive Development: Rhythm, Reward and other Modulating Variables

• Music and the Brain (Diagram)

• Music Boosts Brain Connectivity Study

• Broader Minded

• QZ.Com Article

• IDEAS.TED Article

• NAMM Foundation Research

• Time Magazine Article

• Psychology Today Article

• Scientific Study

• TEDEd Video

• Albert Einstein Article

• The remarkable ‘plasticity’ of musicians’ brains
  
   

How Education Is Affected By Music:
 

• Study finds ensemble music programs positively affect students’ character, competence

• Taking Music Lessons Positively Impacts Children’s Academic Performance

• Early Childhood 

• The impact of instrumental music learning on attainment at age 16: a pilot study

• Arts activities help children’s social and emotional development, review of research shows

• What if every child had access to music education from birth?

• Study: Music Education Could Help Close The Achievement Gap Between Poor And Affluent Students

• Music in Mind Evaluation

• The Power of Music

• Derelict School Becomes National Leader by Making a Surprising Subject Compulsory

• Benefits of Musical Education (Infographic)

• High school students who study music perform better at math, English, and science
  
   

How Success Is Affected By Music:
 

• Music is a powerful contributor to young people’s wellbeing

• More Evidence That Trained Musicians Are Superior Thinkers

• Music Makes Youth Makes Music

• Is Music the Key to Success?

• Your Taste In Music says a lot about Your Bank Account

• Music also matters in the real world