Music Scores

Which parts of the brain does making music tap into?

• the parts involved with advertising

• the parts involved with reasoning

• the parts involved with moving

• the parts involved with sleeping

What is a possible effect of learning to play music?

• wanting some baby back ribs

• having parts of your body numbed

• getting a tune out of your head

• improving your academic test scores

Playing music most likely has an impact on a person's brain. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• "Musicians are even more likely to have a hard time getting a tune out of their heads. Doctors say that's becuase musicians' brains are hooked up in a special way."

• "The College Entrance Examination Board compared students with no music background to student musicians."

• "In the absence of music, some people hear songs playing in their heads. Many times the tunes are familiar; other times, they're new."

• "Did you ever wonder if the music had any effect on patients (in surgery)? Researchers wondered, so they put patients and music to the test."

What is one positive effect that listening to music may have on people?

• It may help students perform better on social studies exams.

• It may help students perform better on physical tasks.

• It may help patients in surgery stay calmer or use less sedation.

• It may help surgeons perform difficult operations more quickly.

What is the main idea of this text?

• Playing and listening to music can affect a person in many ways.

• More than 200 second graders were trained to play the piano.

• A team of researchers studied groups of surgery patients.

• Some people hear songs playing in their heads, even in the absence of music.

"UCLA examined the test scores of 25,000 students in grade 8 to 12 over a period of 10 years. Researchers found that students with a high interest in instrumental music scored higher in math knowhow than did others."

What does the word examine mean?

• to change or adjust slightly

• to copy or imitate

• to study closely and carefully

• to increase or improve

The parts of the brain that are busy when listening to music are the same parts that become active when hearing one's own private song. ____________________, it is possible that these regions of the brain make up those private songs when none are available.

• Although

• Therefore

• Unless

• Despite

What do some people hear when they experience "musical hallucinations"?

• songs

• thunder

• instruments

• nothing

The College Entrance Examination Board compared test scores of students with no musical background to student musicians. What did they find out about test scores?

• Student musicians scored 63 points higher on verbal tests.

• Students musicians scored 44 points higher on math tests.

• Students musicians did not score higher.

How might a musician experience life differently than someone who does not play or listen to music?

• They have a hard time getting a tune out of their head.

• They may hear songs even when there is no music.

• They may hear new songs even when there is no music.

• They may have improved test scores.