Isha Chatterjee

What is music doing to the brain?

I'm a senior at American High School in Fremont, California, headed toward neuroscience. I've spent three years in marching band and the last two asking a question I can't put down. How does musical training actually change memory, attention, and the developing brain, and can it be used as therapy?

Isha Chatterjee in American High School marching band uniform.
Research

SHANK3 and the genetics of autism

Gene research at the Rosetta Institute, running PCR and flow cytometry on a gene closely tied to autism.

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Music

Marching band

Three years of marching band on flute, baritone, and saxophone, memorizing music and drill at the same time and then performing both in motion.

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Service

Hygiene kits and first aid kits for two shelters

Two kinds of kit for two shelters. The first aid kits could be bought ready-made. The hygiene kits had to be chosen and packed by hand, because nobody sells the thing that is actually needed.

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