科学家认为，练习乐器会使大脑中处理声音的脑区增大，这有可能成为研究人员一直在研究的一种理论的依据，即：年幼时学习音乐能提高人的智力。德国明斯特大学神经系统科学家克里斯托·潘特维博士及其同事利用磁源图像显示对演奏技巧熟练的音乐家和从未练习过音乐的人的大脑进 Scientists believe that practicing musical instruments will increase the brain area in the brain that processes sounds, which may serve as the rationale behind which researchers have been studying: Learning music at an early age can improve one’s intelligence. Neuroscientist Dr. Mueller Pantaivi of Germany’s Münster University and colleagues used magnetic source images to show that the brains of skilled musicians and those who have never practiced music