Music Enhances Your Brain

Music Enhances Your Brain.

A group of scientists in Germany discovered that musicians are able to perform complex sequences of finger movements using lesser brain activity as compared to nonmusicians; meaning musicians are more efficient at making skilled movements. We see that as having more brain cells to multi-task! 

If you are looking for an activity thatcan fully utilize your brains, play music! Harvard Medical School neuroscientists Gofiffied Schlaug stated at a press briefing that "The underdeveloped systems on the right side of the brain that respond to music became enhanced and changed structures". Overall, Schlaug said, the experiments show that “music might be an alterntive medium for engaging parts of the brain that are otherwise not engaged.” 

Nina Kraus, director of the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University in Illinois added that musical training, whatever the age, should be universally encouraged, since it can play a key role in education, clinical therapies, and even in protective measures for keeping the brain sharp as people age. Plus " she said. "it's just inherently wonderful." 

(Source: 20 Feb 2010, National Geographic Daily News)