/newsroom/taxonomy/term/441/all en /newsroom/channels/news/dont-scan-so-close-me-262057 <p><span>What does the 1960s Beatles hit “Girl” have in common with Astor Piazzolla’s evocative tango composition “Libertango”?</span></p> <p><span>Probably not much, to the casual listener. But in the mind of one famously eclectic singer-songwriter, the two songs are highly similar. That’s one of the surprising findings of an unusual neuroscience study based on brain scans of the musician <strong>Sting</strong>.</span></p> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:35:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26076 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/practice-doesnt-always-make-perfect-254263 <p>How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more to it than the adage that “practise makes perfect.” A music-training study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at ƻ����Ժ and colleagues in Germany found evidence to distinguish the parts of the brain that account for individual talent from the parts that are activated through training. Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:23:30 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 24363 at /newsroom