Musician's brain reacts faster than average

Musicians would respond faster than non-musicians to tactile or auditory stimuli, according to a Canadian study.






Music softens morals, but it does not only calm, it would also make it more reactive. This is the conclusion of a study in Brain and Cognition that compared the response time needed to respond to a stimulus in 16 musicians and 19 non-musicians. The first began music when they were aged 3 to 10 years and had a minimum experience of 7 years of practice. The latter never learned to play a musical instrument.
The researchers at the University of Montreal in Canada installed the participants in a quiet, well-lit room. Participants put one hand on a computer mouse, while the other hand was connected to a vibratory device that vibrated intermittently. Their task was to click on the mouse when they heard a noise from a speaker placed in front of them, when the touch box vibrated, or when these two stimuli occurred at the same time. Each of the three stimulations was repeated 180 times in order to study the reaction time.Using music in slow or elderly people
Scientists found that musicians' brain reacted more quickly than non-musicians, regardless of the type of stimulus. "The more we know about the impact of music on sensory processes, the more we can use musical training to restore reaction times in slower subjects," he said. Simon Landry, the lead author of the study. It could also be useful in combating cerebral aging by offering music workshops to seniors.