第9期学音乐的好处 - 英语阅读

The Benefits of Learning Music
学音乐的好处
Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain,
掌握一门乐器能够使大脑发生变化。
with a US review finding music training can lead to improved
这是美国的一项最新研究发现，通过音乐训练还能够提高
speech and foreign language skills.
演讲和外语水平。
Although it has been suggested in the past that listening to
尽管过去就有人提到过听
Mozart or other classical music could make you smarter,
莫扎特或其他古典音乐可以让人变得更聪明，
there has been little evidence to show that music boosts brain power.
但是并没有足够的证据证明音乐能提高人的智商。
But a data-driven review by Northwestern University has pulled
如今，美国西北大学的一项研究从数据出发，
together research that links musical training to learning
分析探讨了音乐训练对
that spills over into skills including language, speech,
语言、演讲、
memory, attention and even vocal emotion.
记忆力、注意力甚至感情表达等能力的影响。
Researcher Nina Kraus said the data strongly suggested that
据研究人员妮娜·克劳斯介绍，他们的研究数据充分表明，
the neural connections made during musical training also
音乐训练过程中所产生的神经元连接能
enhanced the brain for other aspects of human communication.
增强大脑在人际沟通等方面的能力。
“ The effect of music training suggests that, akin to
在研究报告中，这些研究人员这样说道：
physical exercise and its impact on body fitness,
“与体育锻炼对身体健康的影响一样，
music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory
音乐能够增强大脑活力，
fitness and thus requires society to re-examine the role
增强听觉的敏锐度。所以我们有必要重视
of music in shaping individual development,”the researchers
音乐在个人发展中所起的作用。”
said in their study.
克劳斯还说，学习声乐能够提高
Kraus said learning musical sounds could enhance the
大脑的应变能力，
brain’s ability to adapt and change and also enable the
也可以帮助神经系统建立起一个
nervous system to provide a scaffolding of patterns that
有利于学习的架构。
are important to learning.
该成果发表于《神经系统科学自然评论》上，
The study, published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience,
对近几年该领域内的最新研究进行了回顾和分析。
looked at the explosion of research in recent years focused
这些研究主要关注的是音乐训练对神经系统的影响及其
on the effects of music training on the nervous system which
可能会对教育产生的潜在影响。
could have strong implications for education.
研究发现，演奏乐器能帮助提升大脑
The study found that playing an instrument primes the brain
从各种复杂的过程中分辨出有价值信息的能力，这一复杂的过程可能
to choose what is relevant in a complex process that may
包括看谱、记谱，计时或
involve reading or remembering a score, timing issues and
与其他乐师配合等。
coordination with other musicians. 。
克劳斯在一项声明中说：
“A musician’s brain selectively enhances information-bearing
“音乐家的大脑能够有选择性地从声音中分辨出载有信息的元素。
elements in sound,” Kraus said in a statement.
在感觉和认知的不断交互和融合中，
“In a beautiful interrelationship between sensory and
神经系统能把
cognitive processes, the nervous system makes associations
复杂的声音和它们所表达的
between complex sounds and what they mean.”
意思联系起来。”