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From the New Zealand haka to raves and dancing birds, James Randerson investigates</p> </div> <div id="content" class="video-content"> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="credit"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080821194926/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/jamesranderson" name="&lid={templates/common/audio}{James Randerson}&lpos={templates/common/audio}{2}">James Randerson</a> <span>,</span> </li> <li class="publication"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080821194926/http://www.guardian.co.uk/" guardian.co.uk>guardian.co.uk</a>, </li> <li class="date">Monday August 18 2008</li> </ul> <div id="audio-player"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ //]]> </script> <noscript> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://web.archive.org/web/20080821194926oe_/http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="458" height="58" id="audioplayer" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/> <param name="movie" value="http://static.guim.co.uk/static/59852/original/common/flash/guAudioPlayer.swf"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="linktext=Science Weekly podcast: Music and the brain; 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And <strong>Paul Robertson</strong>, founder and leader of the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080821194926/http://www.concertartist.info/I/MED002.html">Medici String Quartet</a> explains music can communicate subtle ideas and help people with Alzheimer's diease. 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