Published:
2022-12-14
Updated:
2022-12-14

Learning Ukulele with Curt

How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain - Anita Collins

When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.

Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: UL-TEDed-AC

Main Category: Music Main Instrument: Any

Subjects: Chords

2022-12-14

How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain - Anita Collins

When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.