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Musicians Use Both Sides of Their Brains More Frequently Than Average People PDF Print E-Mail
Written by PHYSORG.com - Vanderbilt University   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008

Article Source: PHYSORG.com / Vanderbilt University

Written - October 2nd, 2008

Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and also use both the left and the right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily than the average person.

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