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- dkleinschmidt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The article is about the effects of learning to play a musical instrument early, and continuing to play and practice it into adulthood, not just listening to music. Also, there's only a very specific and limited benefit that this study reveals: that musicians are better able to hear very small differences in the sound of speech.
- gabeN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought they discovered music=smart like a million years ago...
- wlloydda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Brain researchers at UCI discovered this at least 10 years ago. They found that the brain was growing until about 8-10yro but that it died off unless "something" was done to make it permanent. That "something" was either learn a foreign language or learn to play a musical instrument. So both of my kids learned Spanish and how to play the piano, trombone, guitar, and clarinet.
They also discovered that excessive video watching miswires the brain permanently (read brain-damaged). - vikramkr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Keep in mind that by "listening to music", I don't think they mean heavy-metal.
- HungryHom3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess this does makes sense. Music has always been considered healthy for the brain... well, 'most' music.
- nifu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sorry, too lazy to read article. It says musical training... does my iPod count?
- aeiou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0First time? We've known for a long time that musicians are generally smarter than non musicians.
- agman96, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This study is about playing music, not listening to it.
- ursabear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My whole family not only listens to music, but we also play music.
My kids do very well in school - could it be that their brains are improved by the music they play? I think so. - ProAm500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0GabeN-----agreed, I remember I had a teacher way back in high school in my calculus class that played classical and ambient music during every class and test....
- spling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Finally I have an excuse to leave my music on and loud over night. :)
- BQ27, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0God, I hope so!
- Denjira, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmm, listening to mandarin music is helping me to learn the language (can only understand cantonese right now.. CBC kid.. haha)
- jumjum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Learning something as simple as playing a snare drum while looking at sheet music at the same time can improve your reading (out loud) habits. When you play music read off a sheet, you have to constantly look ahead of what you're currently playing to see what you're going to play next so you'll be thoroughly prepared and well timed. The same thing carries over to reading, by honing your music skills you create a much larger "buffer capacity", it's probably a crossover skill instead of actually changing your physiology.
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's playing instruments, not listening to music..
And it's basicly just becuase you have to think about what your doing... Hardly groundbreaking research :P
- Ben - rockonreddog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sooo....because i'm a guitarist and i work in the music industry.....my brain must be insanely awesome!!!
- diggnationdevon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A lot of people have thought this, including me.
- aliensporebomb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I suppose this explains my proclivity for complex
verbage since I play guitar, keyboards, bass, drums,
kalimba, banjo and a series of odd percussionistic
things. Whether its made me a better thinker I have
no idea but I'd probably go nuts not playing. - dreadlock7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0did you know:
It's easier to remember a song with words than a song without words. - TomJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think we can all agree on this generally . . . but have all met some pretty "stupid" musicians. Does Smart people like to play music = Those who play music are smart? I think that listening to and/or playing music can be good for your brain.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Awesome! I finally have an excuse when my mom asks me why I listen to music so much ;)
Josh - gfors, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hmmm......I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-Q-nit
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