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Susie McKeon
Mr. Whiteside
2A
April 7, 2016
complete focus on their task at hand. This type of focus comes from
that while listening to music engages the brain in some pretty interesting
with the novel and creative content that the right excels in (Collins). This
brain activity also occurs in the corpus callosum, which is the bridge
between the right and left hemispheres of the brain, and the passage of
messages between the two sides of the brain is improved. More activity in
better planning and attention to detail. Musicians are also shown to have
better memories because they can efficiently tag each memory with both
auditory and visual cues, like a good search engine. Research has shown
that musicians brains have high functioning in the parts of the brain that
control memory and they actually improve and become much more active.
Since musicians usually have greater working memory capacity than non-
musicians, it doesn't mean they are smarter than anybody else. But it
probably does mean they are smarter than they would be if they were not
musicians.
development of the brain, showing that those who began early had stronger
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connections between motor regions, or the parts of the brain that help with
discovered that the years between ages six and eight are a "sensitive
(Concordia University). This study also found that 18 musicians who began
musical training before the age of seven had a more accurate timing and
played better than 18 other musicians that had received the same amount
of instruction, the only difference was that they started later in life. When
starts, the greater the connections between different nerves that control
motor functioning.
scores and helps young children learn the vital skills to be successful in
their early elementary school years, they quickly surpass their peers
the Kodaly method, which involves rhythm games and learning to sing
learning to sing and play the keyboard improved the spatial-temporal skills
of preschoolers and this effect lasted more than a day, thus proving that if
children receive music instruction early on, their success in school increases
astronomically.
Playing a musical instrument can also improve many life skills, such
knows that the quality of practice time is more valuable than the quantity.
organize his or her practice time and plan different activities to work on,
making efficient use of time. Also, if one plays an instrument in, say, a
band, he or she must learn how to cooperate with and listen to others in
improves ones reading and comprehension skills because when one sees
notes and chords on a page, they have to recognize what the note name is
and translate that in to a hand position and execute it properly. The ability
to control stress and express oneself better by giving someone the ability to
skill that many musicians learn very early on and can help them through
various situations.
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and parts of history that he or she may not have been exposed to before. If
one looks at music from the time of Beethoven and Mozart, they see a
much different style and depth than is around in todays age. If one plays
the piano, they are likely learning classical piano pieces, which have a very
different rhythm and style than modern piano-driven pop songs. If one plays
guitar, they can learn a wide array of songs from early rock-n-roll in the
1960s such as The Beatles to modern rock such as Muse, both of whom
have very different styles and can make a musician more interested in all
types of music.
Musicians are generally very creative and highly motivated. For one to
be able to write songs or merely learn anothers work, they must give the
stimulates the creative sensors in the brain and makes the mind open up
towards new ideas. Not to mention, how well music always helps emotional
had a larger volume of gray matter than the brains of non musicians
(Cole). The reason why musicians brains have this difference from the
Schlaug and colleagues also found that after only 15 months of musical
released large amounts of dopamine when they listened to music that gave
them chills (Sohn). Dopamine is the natural chemical released into the
brain that triggers the brains happiness receptors. The findings offer a
biological explanation for why music has been such a major part of major
emotional events in cultures around the world since the beginning of human
history. Through music, the study also offers new insights into how the
human pleasure system works. This effect happens when listening to a song
one likes, but also when they play an instrument and learn one of their
favorite songs or reach that sense of self-worth that comes with mastering a
skill.
motivation, there would be more people who are able to think of ways to
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get past hardships and therefore they do better in life. As was stated
and improves the motor, visual, and auditory cortexes. Therefore, there
Cole, Diane. Your Aging Brain Will Be in Better Shape If You've Taken Music
Sohn, Emily. Why Music Makes You Happy. Discovery News. Discovery, 10