They capture the brain activity of musicians in full concert

The Symphony Orchestra of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona recently participated in a striking neuropsychology experiment.

The concert was planned as an experiment on the effect that music has on the brain.

This concert closed the Conference on Music, Neuroscience and Health organized by the Vila-seca Municipal Music Board and held in the Josep Carreras auditorium.

The concert had the objective of verifying how musical activity supposes a great neuronal stimulation and energizes the brain of the musicians and even that of the people in the public.

During the concert by the URV orchestra, conducted by Miquel Massana, and the Lully orchestra of the Vila-seca Conservatory, several musicians, and also some of the audience, had electroencephalography devices placed on their heads ( EEG) portable model g.Unicorn, developed by the company G.Tec Medical Engineering.

Said devices make it possible to measure brain activity in a non-invasive way.

A person in charge of the project places the electroencephalography device on one of the musicians. (Photo: URV)

Meanwhile, four screens displayed the measured biological parameters and markers in real time, making visible the brain waves of the participants, the areas of the brain with the most neuronal activity and, ultimately, how active the brain is when faced with musical stimulation. (Source: URV)