Health Benefits of Playing the Piano
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Playing the piano can help prevent hearing and memory loss
Another reason to learn to play the piano!
The ability to process auditory signals usually slows down as we age. However, participants of a recent study who continued to play music throughout their lives had helped reverse the decline of brain processing, memory and inner ear hearing loss.
Read the full article at ABCnews.com
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Piano lessons make children smarter, claims new study
Study found that some areas of a child’s brain can benefit from early musical training. New study finds that some areas of a child’s brain can benefit from early musical training.
A new piece of research reveals that playing piano for six months can noticeably improve a child’s language skills.
The study, published on 25 June by PNAS, found that some areas of a child’s brain can benefit from early musical training. Read the full article in the Classic FM website by clicking here
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Music: Exercising New Language Skills
Science showing the link between music and language
A study in the early 1990s discovered the “Mozart effect” in children, which showed early language development and spatial-temporal intelligence could be boosted by keyboard lessons for preschoolers. Additionally, a study by Dr. Charles Limb showed that pianists who solo use their brains linguistically as if they were responding conversationally and grammatically.
Brain On Jazz: Novel Study Puts Pianists In MRI Scanners To Show Link Between Music, Language Read the full article in the Huffington Post by clicking here
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Health and Fitness Magazine Top 10
Enrich your life by playing the piano
Improvement in the classroom, Improving neural connections, broadening vocabulary, reducing stress, fostering hand/eye coordination, aiding in language development, increasing human growth hormone, spliting concentration, aural awareness and inspiring creativity say Health and Fitness magazine.
Published by Health and Fitness - an interesting arctile expressing that if you are looking for more ways to enrich your life, adding musical skills is a great way to do so. Commenting that anyone can learn to play the piano, and how the hobby helps with the development of skills that make will make you a more talented and cultured individual. Also touching upon how playing piano has many health benefits, both mental and physical.
You can read the full article here on the Health and Fitness revolution website.
