Professor Kuniyoshi Sakai of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Talent Education Study Group (Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Chairman Ryugo Hayano), who teaches education such as violin, have discussed the brain mechanism related to music acquisition and performance evaluation. Start joint research to clarify.
According to the University of Tokyo, Professor Sakai and his colleagues use MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology to quantitatively measure changes in brain function and structural networks, using brain regions that correlate with the judgment tendency of performance evaluation as clues.
In addition, we will compare the brain structures of students engaged in performance activities at the Talent Education Study Group, examine the brain function during performance evaluation, and clarify individual differences based on talent and musical experience.
Since about 70 years ago, the Talent Education Study Group has been teaching music such as violin, cello, flute, and piano from infants using the "Suzuki Method," which focuses on the fact that all children speak their mother tongue freely. continuing.More than 2 people from a few years old to adults in Japan and more than 3 people in 1 countries and regions overseas receive music education in this way.
Professor Sakai says, "Language and music are the unique abilities of human beings to express the work of the mind through the brain. I would like to explore the mechanism of the brain that is the basis for learning language and art."Chairman Hayano, who is also a professor at the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, announced that he would like to work on joint research while preserving the tradition of Suzuki Method, which has a history of 70 years.
