>----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >Subject: Grow your own tuning device! > > >Neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg devotes a chapter of his recent book > _The > >Wisdom Paradox_ to experimental evidence that the brain grows new nerve > tissue > >when we learn special skills. > > >"The next study compares the size of a cortical area known as the > Heschl's gyrus in > >professional musicians and nonmusicians... This cortical area is > critical for sound > >processing. And guess what - the Heschl's gyrus is twice as large in > musicians as in > >nonmusicians. Furthermore, the greater the intensity of practicing > music in the last ten > >years, the greater the size of the Heschl's gyrus. Again, the > relatinship between > >cognitive activation and specific brain regions is apparent and striking." > > >Ed Sutton >At 08:04 AM 5/22/2006 -0700, you wrote: >>I was wondering why my head hurts... >> >>David Ilvedson, RPT >>Pacifica, California I guess this explain musician's swelled heads, huh??? Conrad Hoffsommer All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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