Neuroscience

How do musician's brains work while playing?

When musicians play instruments, their brains are processing a huge amount and variety of information in parallel. Musical styles and strengths vary dramatically: Some musicians are better at sight reading music, while others ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Professional classical musicians are not protected from dementia

Listening and practicing music have been reported to have many beneficial effects on human health. The effect of music on human brain has been previously studied in young professionals but studies on the long-term effects ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Trained musicians perform better—at paying attention

Musical training produces lasting improvements to a cognitive mechanism that helps individuals be more attentive and less likely to be distracted by irrelevant stimuli while performing demanding tasks. According to a new ...

Neuroscience

Brain 'zips and unzips' information to perform skilled tasks

The human brain prepares skilled movements such as playing the piano, competing in athletics, or dancing by "zipping and unzipping" information about the timing and order of movements ahead of the action being performed, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Music a healing balm for hospitalized COVID patients

Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are scrambling to develop drugs and a vaccine for COVID-19. But for dozens of San Diego patients now hospitalized with the disease, music is proving to be a soothing treatment for worn-down ...

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