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How playing an instrument benefits your brain

Anita Collins · TED

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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? Educator 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. (Directed by Sharon Colman Graham, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Peter Gosling)

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Anita Collins
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Music, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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