Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies by an obscure 18th-century composer, a research team from the Stanford University School of Medicine has gained valuable insight into how the brain sorts out the chaotic world around it. Continue reading “Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds”
Children’s brains develop faster with music training
Music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children, particularly in the areas of the brain responsible for processing sound, language development, speech perception and reading skills, according to initial results of a five-year study by USC neuroscientists. Continue reading “Children’s brains develop faster with music training”
Music training can change children’s brain structure and boost decision-making network
If the brain is a muscle, then learning to play an instrument and read music is the ultimate exercise. Two new studies from the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC show that as little as two years of music instruction has multiple benefits. Continue reading “Music training can change children’s brain structure and boost decision-making network”
People who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain
People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study by researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas and UCLA.
The researchers found that compared to low empathy people, those with higher empathy process familiar music with greater involvement of the reward system of the brain, as well as in areas responsible for processing social information. Continue reading “People who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain”
The learning of music as a means to improve mathematical skills
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the very interesting corresponding paper by Carlos Dos Santos Luiz. Continue reading “The learning of music as a means to improve mathematical skills”
Music and the brain: the neuroscience of music and musical appreciation
NovoScriptorium brings here to your attention a very interesting paper, under the corresponding title, by Michael Trimble and Dale Hesdorffer. We present the ‘Abstract‘ and a link for the actual publication. Continue reading “Music and the brain: the neuroscience of music and musical appreciation”
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