How playing an instrument benefits your brain

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.
聽音樂時,大腦有部分區域是處於活躍狀態,但在演奏樂器時,對大腦更是全面性地鍛鍊。
在研究音樂家大腦的過程中,發現當他們演奏樂器時,大腦和音樂間會產生正面的火花。因為音樂可以活絡大腦堵塞區域,特別是大腦掌管視覺、聽覺及動作區域。

隨著練習及演奏次數的增加,那些腦部區域的活化現象也會隨之增強及明顯,因而帶來更多附加好處,例如:能更加心無旁騖地維持專注,有更完善的規劃能力,更全方位的策略應用,以及強化記憶力等。

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