Effects of Music

Music has always been an interest of mine.  I like playing the piano as well as listening to different varieties of music.  I'm not a super hard core pianist or anything so I doubt my brain would be changed, but I found it fascinating to know that anything can affect a person's brain to the extent that it will change it and morph it to be different than a normal person’s brain.  The two most changed areas of the brain due to this are hearing and finger movement, but their gray matter is also increased.  The auditory, motor, and visual spatial areas of the cerebral cortex in musicians tend to be dramatically different than those of normal people.  I believe that this may have something to do with just how much musicians use those things the most.  I searched in hopes to find an image to show visually the difference between a normal brain and a musician’s brain, but didn't have any luck.  However, an article I read said that they are visually different.  The human brain is a fascinating thing and to know that it can be altered is just mind blowing.  I found the article below which also talks about how musician's brains have changed and become more highly developed.    Use it or lose it is basically what I got from it.  The more you use it the more it is strengthened and becomes part of you.  We are responsible for the changes in our brain and musicians’ brain are just one way of proving this.  

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505083421.htm