Brain ‘closes eyes’ to hear music Our brains can turn down our ability to see to help them listen even harder to music and complex sounds, say experts. A US study of 20 non-musicians and 20 musical conductors found both groups diverted brain activity away from visual areas during listening tasks. Scans showed activity fell […]
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Understanding the Brain and the Music Cortex
The brain is still the most important unexplored frontier. It’s a work in progress, however. Once we really understand how the brain processes music, music will be the most prescribed medicine! Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Do you know about “The Music Cortex” Music and the brain! What could be more fascinating? The more we know […]
Music and Your Vocabulary
In 1982, researchers from the University of North Texas performed a three-way test on postgraduate students to see if music could help in memorizing vocabulary words. The students were divided into three groups. Each group was given three tests – a pretest, a posttest, and a test a week after the first two tests. All […]
Can Mozart Make you Smarter?
An expert addresses this very controversial question: “Can Mozart Make You Smarter?”
Music, the Brain, and School Performance
Music, the Brain, and Academic Performance June 21, 2009Music affects many areas of brain function by Marjorie H. Weil Recently the Albion School District announced that, beginning this fall, all fifth- through 12th-graders would be required to take band or choir. Why? Because statistics show that students who do so perform better academically, have higher […]