Research into the effects of music on the brain's executive function and brain plasticity are beginning to reveal the connection between literacy, academic success and learning to play a musical instrument.
During a surgery to reduce tremors, banjo player Eddie Adcock plays his banjo and responds to doctors directions. The deep brain stimulation procedure requires implanting of electrodes into the brain and in order to ensure accuracy doctors had to have Mr. Adcock awake to help in placement.
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