Hello my name is Elias Kenworthy. I am currently a senior at Pennridge High School, and next year I will be attending the Batton Honors College at Virginia Wesleyan University for Psychology. I hope that I will find a way to help people by combinging my two major intrests: music and psychology. I love music, both intrumental and choral; I have participated in as many music groups as possible throughout my education. This topic combines my love of psychology with my love of music. I feel as though it is important for everyone to undertand the outstaning benifits of music to a person's cognitive performance. Hopefully this will help to show others that music is not only a very fufilling hobby, but also a gift to your brain and mental well being.