Posts Tagged ‘music’
Music: Another Pillar of Brain Fitness?
Musicians’ brains are often used as models of neuroplasticity. Indeed, numerous studies to date have shown that musical training can change the brain. Musicians have larger brain volume in areas that are important for playing an instrument: motor, auditory and visuo-spatial regions. A recent Nature Review Neuroscience article shows that music training can benefit the…
Read MoreDo we need more music education?
We recently published an article examining the “Mozart effect” and the conclusions were that there is very little evidence that listening to music does boost mental functions. However learning to play an instrument does seem to do the trick. In this recent Scientific American article, the editors point out that:
Read MoreOur Brain on Music: We need to do more than listen
Brain and Music are inter-related. Recent studies show that playing music to your children can grow up smart.
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