Did you know that every time musicians pick up their instruments, there are fireworks going off all over their brain? On the outside, they may look calm and focused, reading the music and making the precise and practiced movements required. But inside their brains, there's a party going on.

neuroscientists have made enormous breakthroughs in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real time with instruments like fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems,

How Playing a Musical Instrument Benefits Your Brain

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Let's do English ESL deep listening: focus on meaning. Did you know that every time musicians pick up their instruments, there are fireworks going off all over…