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Tune Up Your Brain
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You know those seemingly endless hours your parents made you spend practicing the piano or learning to play the violin?
Time to say thank you, because all that practice did more than tune up your recital skills. It may have made the language areas of your brain more efficient, too. If you never took music lessons, here's why you should start.
Music and Lyrics
Researchers recently asked a group of musicians and nonmusicians to listen to -- and reproduce -- tone sequences.
Not surprisingly, the musicians performed better on the task. But this was a surprise: As the musicians reproduced the tones, scans of their brains showed major activity in areas linked to language, leading researchers to conclude that building music skills may bolster language areas of the brain as well. In other words, studying music is like doing push-ups for your brain!
Did You Know?
Just listening to music has health benefits, too. Learning a new skill that requires brainpower can make your feel and be younger.
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