During the last few decades a significant amount of research has been conducted into the relationship between mood and weather, scientists looking for a link between atmospheric condition and personal disposition.

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One effect of the frenzy has been more money for research, which has helped to open up a more detailed discussion on the relationship between music, the brain and brain development.

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While insisting she was not advocating a "soft and fluffy" style of teaching, she argued that research showed that a good teacher had to engage with "the powerfully charged emotional relationship between teacher and pupil".

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