Question...

[Moonglow]

OK. I'll have pity on you and answer the question. It's playing the piano.

Nuh uhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Yep. It's the truth. Believe it.

Gosh! I use my brain more than many! Seems to me I use my fingers to play though.

Play checkers?

 

[Kat]

OK. I'll have pity on you and answer the question. It's playing the piano.

That is totally ridiculous, but I am happy you said something Mr. Hoss was at 80% brain energy on this and I was about to get a migraine

When scientists look at brains using FMRIs and PET scans while subjects are doing normal things, the parts of the noggin associated with those things light up as expected.

Playing an instrument involves doing lots of things at once.

It's like a full-body workout for the brain.

Different areas of the brain get into the act.

When you play music, you use fine motor skills controlled by the creative and analytic hemispheres of your brain. There's language involved, and math, too. Plus, feeling, memory, and a lot of everything else your brain can do.

In fact, playing music strengthens the *corpus callosum*, the link between the two halves. Scientists are seeing all kinds of new connections being made as people play music.

This makes musicians great problem-solvers in school and social situations.
Musicians develop higher executive functions.
Musicians get mad skills at interlinked tasks like planning, strategizing, and paying attention to detail because they benefit from learning to quickly handle both cognitive and emotional elements at the same time.

Musicians' memories are also unique.
When musicians process memories, they tend to use an unusual tagging system that lets them file memories in multiple categories.

"noggin"

What is this word?

Your head is your noggin'.

 

[Moonglow]

OK. I'll have pity on you and answer the question. It's playing the piano.

That is totally ridiculous, but I am happy you said something Mr. Hoss was at 80% brain energy on this and I was about to get a migraine

When scientists look at brains using FMRIs and PET scans while subjects are doing normal things, the parts of the noggin associated with those things light up as expected.

Playing an instrument involves doing lots of things at once.

It's like a full-body workout for the brain.

Different areas of the brain get into the act.

When you play music, you use fine motor skills controlled by the creative and analytic hemispheres of your brain. There's language involved, and math, too. Plus, feeling, memory, and a lot of everything else your brain can do.

In fact, playing music strengthens the *corpus callosum*, the link between the two halves. Scientists are seeing all kinds of new connections being made as people play music.

This makes musicians great problem-solvers in school and social situations.
Musicians develop higher executive functions.
Musicians get mad skills at interlinked tasks like planning, strategizing, and paying attention to detail because they benefit from learning to quickly handle both cognitive and emotional elements at the same time.

Musicians' memories are also unique.
When musicians process memories, they tend to use an unusual tagging system that lets them file memories in multiple categories.

"noggin"

What is this word?

Head...No not that kind...

 

[Hossfly]

OK. I'll have pity on you and answer the question. It's playing the piano.

That is totally ridiculous, but I am happy you said something Mr. Hoss was at 80% brain energy on this and I was about to get a migraine

When scientists look at brains using FMRIs and PET scans while subjects are doing normal things, the parts of the noggin associated with those things light up as expected.

Playing an instrument involves doing lots of things at once.

It's like a full-body workout for the brain.

Different areas of the brain get into the act.

When you play music, you use fine motor skills controlled by the creative and analytic hemispheres of your brain. There's language involved, and math, too. Plus, feeling, memory, and a lot of everything else your brain can do.

In fact, playing music strengthens the *corpus callosum*, the link between the two halves. Scientists are seeing all kinds of new connections being made as people play music.

This makes musicians great problem-solvers in school and social situations.
Musicians develop higher executive functions.
Musicians get mad skills at interlinked tasks like planning, strategizing, and paying attention to detail because they benefit from learning to quickly handle both cognitive and emotional elements at the same time.

Musicians' memories are also unique.
When musicians process memories, they tend to use an unusual tagging system that lets them file memories in multiple categories.

"noggin"

What is this word?

Kopf

 

[Kat]

Noggin - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Lucy Hamilton

 

[skye]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

 

[Kat]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

 

[RWNJ]

Noggin - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Lucy Hamilton

Unfortunately, some people's brains are in their patootie and not their noggin.

 

[sealybobo]

Without using Google, can anyone tell me what uses more brain power that any other activity?

Guessing

 

[RWNJ]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

Correct, but you get no prize since I already answered it.

 

[sealybobo]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

Playing and singing at the same time

 

[skye]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

I liked piano. I studied piano as a child ....it was pleasant....very easy and nice

now maths on the other hand....

 

[Kat]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

Correct, but you get no prize since I already answered it.

Oh but I did. A headache!

 

[Moonglow]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

geometry..

 

[Kat]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

I liked piano. I studied piano as a child ....it was pleasant....very easy and nice

now maths on the other hand....

I did too.

 

[RWNJ]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

Correct, but you get no prize since I already answered it.

Oh but I did. A headache!

You have a headache? Sorry to hear that.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Noggin - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Lucy Hamilton

You Americans are strange, but I learn new things each day here I now add this noggin to go with Asshat, Hershey Highway, Clown Shoes and Dipshit, although IRL I have not had an opportunity to put these to use, here I have used Asshat and Clown Shoes though the last one I get from TheDoc he is now adding to bad influencing me, I got Hershey Highway from Sassy, I cannot remember the others.

 

[skye]

I was going to say....Mathematics? Geometry?


Trigonometry?

what

Playing piano.

I liked piano. I studied piano as a child ....it was pleasant....very easy and nice

now maths on the other hand....

I did too.

I love piano!

 

[Moonglow]

Noggin - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Lucy Hamilton

You Americans are strange, but I learn new things each day here I now add this noggin to go with Asshat, Hershey Highway, Clown Shoes and Dipshit, although IRL I have not had an opportunity to put these to use, here I have used Asshat and Clown Shoes though the last one I get from TheDoc he is now adding to bad influencing me, I got Hershey Highway from Sassy, I cannot remember the others.

Don't forget the hot carl...

 

[RWNJ]

Noggin - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Lucy Hamilton

You Americans are strange, but I learn new things each day here I now add this noggin to go with Asshat, Hershey Highway, Clown Shoes and Dipshit, although IRL I have not had an opportunity to put these to use, here I have used Asshat and Clown Shoes though the last one I get from TheDoc he is now adding to bad influencing me, I got Hershey Highway from Sassy, I cannot remember the others.

English is the most versatile language there is. If you can't say it in English, it can't be said.