The Conservative Cave
The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on April 17, 2008, 05:37:42 PM
-
Drummers are better known for their beats than their brain power, but research has suggested that they might actually be natural intellectuals.
Scientists who asked volunteers to keep time with a drumstick before taking intelligence tests discovered that those with the best sense of rhythm also scored highest in the mental assessments.
Prof Frederic Ullen, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, concluded that there was a link between intelligence, good timing and the part of the brain used for problem-solving.
He said: "The rhythmic accuracy in brain activity that is observed when a person maintains a steady beat is also important to the problem-solving capacities measured with the intelligence tests."
For the study, Prof Ullen and Guy Madison, from Sweden's Umea University, asked 34 right-handed men aged between 19 and 49 to tap a drumstick at a variety of different intervals.
They were then given a psychometric test of 60 questions and problems.
Prof Ullen said: "We found that people with high general intelligence were also more stable on a very simple timing task.
...more...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/17/ndrum117.xml
-
Yes, we are! :-)
-
My son, who is considered mentally retarded by just about every test administered, is an awesome drummer.
I do believe he is locked within his own brilliance, walking among mere mortals, and just one day I would hope he would share his thoughts with me.