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Connections: Playing an Instrument Changes Your Brain

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Imagine loving a musical instrument, but one day, after years of practice, you wake up with a twitch. You can't play it anymore -- not like you used to. There is something involuntary in your body, causing you to flinch a bit, tense up, not be able to play. This is known as "focal dystonia," and it can end careers.

URMC Ph.D. candidate Molly Jaynes is researching a therapy, a kind of cure. This hour, we talk to Jaynes about what might cause the condition and we explore the value of music in our own development. 


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