Though numerous studies have shown that music lessons can expand intelligence, raise IQ, and improve academic skills, one study published in the Journal of Neuroscience proved that music literally can expand the brain. In the study, an MRI measured the size of the brains of 31 six-year-olds before and after they took lessons on a musical instrument for 15 months. The students’ brains grew larger in areas that control fine motor skills and hearing, as well as the corpus callosum, which connects the left and right sides of the brain. Who knew that music expands the brain, literally.
Music Expands The Brain
