“If you’re talking to me in a (1) (noise)restaurant and my nerve system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice, I can understand what you say better.”
The research at Northwestern University shows that (2) (play) a musical instrument is good for your brain. And the brain remembers how to “lock onto” the important sounds, (3) , our ears may not work as well as we age, and that helps us to hear better.
A scientist, living in France twenty years ago, (4) (write) about what he called the “Mozart Effect”. He said that (5) could be helpful to the brain when listening to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart’s music would make you much (6) (smart), or even have some health disorders (7) (cure). Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart’s music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly, can we get (8) same brain experience just by listening?
Usually people have teachers, or they can teach themselves music. (9) , the point is that they’re actively playing a musical instrument and engaging in making music instead (10) listening to music passively.