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Learning with music can change brain structure

Sep 30, 2017 by

A new study has found that using musical cues to learn a physical task goes a long way in increasing structural connections between the regions of the brain that deal with movement and sound....

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LearningRx reviews study on musicians’ fast reaction times...

Apr 19, 2017 by

Musicians have faster reaction times than non-musicians Researchers have found that musicians have faster reaction times than non-musicians for auditory, tactile and audio-tactile stimulations....

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LearningRx reviews study on meditation, music and Alzheimer’s...

Apr 13, 2017 by

Meditation and music may improve early decline from Alzheimer’s A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease indicates that meditation and music listening programs show promise in improving measures of cognition and memory in adults with subjective cognitive...

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LearningRx reviews study on why some musicians are better at sight-reading...

Mar 5, 2017 by

New research indicates it may be possible to categorize professional musicians based on their type of prioritizing modality information: via visual processing or auditory processing....

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Music and dance alter the brain in opposite ways

Dec 13, 2016 by

According to research published in NeuroImage, the brains of dancers and musicians have changes in sensory and motor pathways—but the changes in white matter are at opposite ends of the spectrum....

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Researchers scan Sting’s brain to study it

Oct 26, 2016 by

While Sting was in Montreal for a concert, he also had his brain scanned to see how he relates and classifies music based on the regions that light up in his brain. The results were fascinating and only add...

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