Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:35
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments. The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Northwestern University in Chicago is the first biological evidence that musicians' have a perceptual advantage for "speech-in-noise."