“Music, beyond being inherently a wonderful activity in and of itself, seems to confer benefits that extend outside the music domain, and extend into areas that are very, very important for human communication.”
There is much more about Nina Kraus’ work at her website: brainvolts.northwestern.edu. She is sure that playing a musical instrument is a really good and important thing to do. It is fun, and it helps your brain, now and in the future.
“I’m a biologist and I study learning. Whether it’s music or anything that we engage in, we are what we do. And our nervous system really changes according to how we spend our time.”
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