New research conducted at the University of Liverpool links brain structure to the individual's likelihood of experiencing hallucinations and to his musical aptitude.

Brain structure

Previous research has shown that musicians have increased the integrity of white matter in a specific part of the brain, the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right halves of the brain, allowing communication between the hemispheres becomes. In psychotic individuals with auditory verbal hallucinations, the integrity of the corpus callosum has been found to be reduced.

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