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Learning to play the piano causes various changes in activity in areas of the brain involved in memory, movement and processing sensory information
By Moheb Costandi
The brain activity of piano-playing novices was monitored as they learned increasingly complex pieces of music
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Learning to play the piano causes complex changes in brain activity that shift over time. Initially, areas of the brain associated with memory, integrating sensory information and processing movement become highly activated, but this lessens as learners become more musically proficient.
Previous studies have looked into the reorganisation of someone’s brain activity while they are playing an instrument, but these have generally been short and based on only one scan.
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