Musicians Have Super-Connected Brains Compared To People Who Don’t Play An Instrument
It’s long been believed that children who learn a musical instrument generally perform better in school. A new study may provide an explanation for this musical connection
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The findings reveal those who begin practicing an instrument at a younger age — like musical geniuses such as Mozart — have stronger connections than those who pick up an instrument later in life.
The discovery shows just one of the ways in which people’s experiences can shape their brain.
Whether it’s playing the piano, the clarinet, or the trumpet, researchers find musicians have stronger structural and functional connections in comparison to people who don’t play instruments...
