Musical experience, even in the absence of formal training, changes the very structure and wiring of the brain. The changes not only facilitate the flow of information across the left and right hemispheres, they also connect the frontal lobes, the seat of higher thought, with the motor cortex. Peter Vuust at Aarhus University in Denmark went on to show that professional musicians display enhanced neuroplasticity in connections between auditory and visual areas. Musical perception is truly multimodal, and can lead to lifelong improvements in brain function and connectivity.
