Inalltheworld’sculturespeoplesingplayinstrumentsandcelebratewithmusic.Itplayssuchanimportantroleinourlivesthatwholefieldsworkhardatitsstudyincludingonelookingatthebiologyofmusic.Expertsarefindingthatbecauseofthewayourbrainsprocess(处理) musiclearningtoplayaninstrumentorjustlisteningtomusiccanhaveawiderangeofbenefits.

Musiceducationhasreceivedalotofattention.Learningtoplayaninstrumentcanhelpchildrenimprovemathscienceandlanguageskills.OnestudyinCanadatracked（追踪）children’sIQscoresforninemonthsdiscoveringthatchildrenwhostudiedmusichadthebiggesttestscoreimprovements.Thesecretmaylieinthewayreadingmusicandplayingnotesusesseveralareasofthebrainhelpingdevelopourabilitytolearnschoolsubjects.

Musicisalsousedformedicalpurposessuchasthetreatmentofdiseaseswhichaffectmemory.Scientistsexplainthatoneareaneartheforeheadconnectsmusicwithmemories.That’swhyanoldsongcanremindyouofsomethingthathappenedyearsago.Forpatientssufferingfromcertaindiseaseslisteningtomusiccanhelpunlockmemoriesbybuildingupmusicalpathwaystomemories.

Studiesofthemusic-brainconnectionoftenconcentrateonclassicalmusicsinceitactivatesboththeleftandrightsidesofbrains.Onestudyfoundthebrainactivitywasthehighestduringtheshortbreaksbetweenthemovementsofapieceofmusic.Duringeachbreaktheperson’sbrainpredictedwhatwouldcomenextwhileorganizingwhathehadjustheard.Thisprocessissimilartothewayourbrainorganizesinformation.Itmayexplainwhyclassicalmusiccanhelpimprovememory.Somepeopletakethemusic-brainconnectiontoanotherlevelbylisteningtopersonalized“brainmusic.”whichcanhelpapersonconcentrateandprepareforadifficulttask.

It’samazinghowattunedourbrainsaretomusic.Somescientistseventhinkwe’rebornwiththeabilitytolearnmusicjustasweallhavetheskillstolearnlanguage.Afterallchildrenwithoutanytrainingoftenmakeupsongswhileplaying.Withtheevidenceofmusic’sbenefitspouringinit’snowondersomecountriesmakemusicstudyapartoftheireducationsystems.Peoplearerealizingthatmusicismorethanjustaformofentertainment.