

Science on Tap: This is your brain on music-The Columbian.Practicing music ‘rewires your brain,’ OHSU neuroscientist says-KOIN6.OHSU doctor says learning to play an instrument improves brain function-KGW8.Neuroscientist Larry Sherman on Music and the Brain-SciTech Daily.Please rate and review the Big Brains podcast. Subscribe to Big Brains on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. Sherman is a professor of neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University. Larry Sherman explores why we all need music for our mental well-being - and how it can even help us later in life. In a new book entitled Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music, Prof. Research shows that music can stimulate new connections in our brains keeping our cognitive abilities sharp and our memories alive. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby - it’s also scientifically good for us. Music plays an important role in all of our lives.
