Department of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine, 3401N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States. Ausim.Azizi@tuhs.temple.edu
It has been implicitly understood that culture and music as collective products of human brain in turn influence the brain itself. Now, imaging and anatomical data add substance to this notion. The impact of playing piano on the brain of musicians and its possible effects on cultural and neurological evolution are briefly discussed.