How your brain benefits from music, with Larry Sherman (Ep. 115)

Music plays an important role in all of our lives. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby — it’s also scientifically good for us. Research shows that music can stimulate new connections in our brains; keeping our cognitive abilities sharp and our memories alive.

In a new book entitled Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music, Prof. Larry Sherman explores why we all need music for our mental well-being — and how it can even help us later in life.

Sherman is a professor of neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University.

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