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Musical training refines how your brain processes sound. Research shows our basic sensory circuitry changes with experience and practice.
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Musicians show enhanced and economic responses intricately connected with processing sound and the communication of emotional states.
Credit: Kraus Auditory Neuroscience Lab, Northwestern University |
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Learning to play a musical instrument can change the auditory system and enhance verbal skills.
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