Music plays an integral role in human cultural expression around the world. It has a unique power to move and motivate us, but according to researchers, “music therapy” might just be capable of even more than that. Music, when used as a therapeutic tool, can help with a variety of health and holistic complaints. Here are eight tried and tested reasons to believe in the healing power of music. 1. Music boosts childhood brain development Speaking to HuffPost, classical composer Marc Neikrug shared: “I think it’s really important to let kids, at the earliest age, build some kind of ability to focus. Great music can do that,” he explained, “because you’re drawn into what you’re listening to.” This ability to focus sets the little ones up brilliantly for their first years in school. According to a study from the University of Liverpool, learning to play an instrument at a young …