Using classical music training principles to Improve Brain Power

Thanks to all of you for your inspirational posts.

For those who are interested in using music to improve your cognitive
capabilities, this blog may be of interest: Using Music Principles to
Improve Brain Power: http://livingthecrway.wordpress.com/

I think the methods classical musicians use to perfect a piece apply
to improving N-back skills. I also think pianists, who often have to
play contrasting parts with each hand, and especially organists, who
play with their hands as well as their feet, may have a special
advantage for learning N-Back.

Paul

FYI:

Moral development, executive functioning, peak experiences and brain
patterns in professional and amateur classical musicians: Interpreted
in light of a Unified Theory of Performance.

Conscious Cogn. 2011 Apr 18.

Travis F, Harung HS, Lagrosen Y.

Source

Center for Brain, Consciousness and Cognition, Maharishi University of
Management, Fairfield, IA, USA.

Abstract

This study compared professional and amateur classical musicians
matched for age, gender, and education on reaction times during the
Stroop color-word test, brainwaves during an auditory ERP task and
during paired reaction-time tasks, responses on the Gibbs Sociomoral
Reflection questionnaire, and self-reported frequencies of peak
experiences. Professional musicians were characterized by:

(1) lower color-word interference effects (Stroop task),

(2) faster categorization of rare expected stimuli (P3b), and a trend
for faster processing of rare unexpected stimuli (P3a),

(3) higher scores on the Sociomoral Reflection questionnaire, and (4)
more frequent peak experiences during rest, tasks, and sleep.

Both groups had high values on the Brain Integration Scale. These
findings are interpreted in light of a Unified Theory of Performance,
which posits that effectiveness in any area is influenced by one's
level of mind-brain development-emotional, cognitive, moral, ego and
cortical development-with higher mind-brain development supporting
greater effectiveness in any domain.
Copyright © 2011
PMID: 21507681

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