Do re mi fa ... How do you know what comes next?
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
How do you remember a song -- and why is it that a beginning pianist who forgets the middle of a melody needs to start over again to recall the tune? The answer, say researchers, is that two different areas of the brain are used -- one to learn a sequence and another to recall it -- and that higher motor areas participate in both.