Playing musical instruments may improve reading

玩儿乐器能提高阅读

Neuroscientists have found that musicians benefit from heightened brain activity that allows them to process information from their eyes and ears more efficiently than non-musicians.

精神学家发现，音乐家受益于脑部活动的提高，这使他们从眼耳之间比常人更有效率的处理信息。

They found that the part of the brain that interprets sound, known as the auditory cortex, responds faster in people with musical training and is better primed to pick out subtle patterns from the huge volumes of information .

他们发现大脑皮层能领会声音，像是听觉皮层，对于音乐训练的人能更快的回应，并能做好更充分的准备从海量信息中挑选出细微的型式。

Professor Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist and amateur musician at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has also found that this part of the brain plays a crucial role in reading.

伊利诺斯州，埃文斯顿西北大学的精神学家和业余音乐家尼娜克劳斯教授，还发现这部分大脑皮层对于阅读起至关重要的作用。