Anita Collins: A Summary

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Anita Collins, educator for primary and secondary school in both Australia and England and a musician. Right now she is an Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Education at the University of Canberra. Collin got involved with TED.com in 2014 and has made a couple different films with them. She has her PhD and her focus is on neuroscience and music education. The video was exciting and creative. It seemed like it was meant for students, educators, psychologist and neuroscientist.
Collins explains in the video how our brain works specifically about how it works when someone is playing an instrument. When a person listens to music the brain reacts to it, their brain waves light up when they are connected to an fMRI and PET scanner. When a