Great Ted-Ed Video: How Playing Music Benefits Your Brain
Here’s an excellent (and cute!) Ted-Ed animated video on the benefits of playing musical instruments. Well-worth five minutes . . .
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.
