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Learning to play a musical instrument challenges your brain in a dynamic way, which is enjoyable and fulfilling, but important for your brain's development, as Health24 reports.

The neuropsychologist Erik Scherder has found that music triggers a system of recompenses in the brain, which activates feelings of happiness. He says the enjoyment of music is a good way of keeping mentally agile.

Listening to music makes us happy, brings smiles to our faces and gets us moving.

Dutch professor of neuropsychology Erik Scherder, says that music is not only beneficial for making on feel better, it also helps with brain development.

According to the Brain and Creativity Institute in California, learning to play a musical instrument induces brain and behavioural changes in children that are not linked to pre-existing biological traits.
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Source: Health24