Musicians use their brains differently: Another thing we kind of already knew
Hand musicians and nonmusicians some common household objects. (We’ll wait.)
On average, [musicians] came up with 14 more uses than nonmusicians could. In a second experiment musicians dreamed up new uses for everyday items while the prefrontal lobes in their brains got scanned. And musicians had more activity in both sides of their frontal lobes than nonmusicians did.
[Tape musicians by borkur.net]
