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Published online 13 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010816-4
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Left in music
Musicians' brains may use language modules listening to music.
At a performance of Beethoven's Fifth, you could tell which audience members were musicians - if you happened to be carrying a brain scanner.
Professional musicians use their left brain more than other people when listening to music, a magnetic-resonance study suggests1.
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