By: Laura Sanders Musical training tunes the developing brain, scientists report in the Sept. 3 Journal of Neuroscience. After two years in a music enrichment program, children in Los Angeles had more sophisticated brain responses to spoken syllables than kids who had only a year of training. [Read more…] Source: Science News

By: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences A musician’s brain is different to that of a non-musician. Making music requires an interplay of abilities which are also reflected in more developed brain structures. Scientists have discovered that these capabilities are embedded in a much more finely tuned way than assumed: The brain Read more about The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently[…]