Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing - Paperback

A violist turned cognitive scientist explains how your brain learns through practice. What neuroscience says about repetition, retention, and getting better at anything.

Poeppel writes from a dual perspective. She trained as a performer, then switched to neuroscience to understand why practice works and how to practice smarter. This book applies that work: how memory consolidates, why spacing matters, what happens in your brain when you struggle with something hard.

Musicians assign it to students preparing for auditions. Coaches give it to athletes. It's also read by faculty in learning sciences and educational psychology who want the neuroscience behind what we know works in the classroom. The author speaks from lived experience, not theory alone.

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- Paperback
- Neuroscience, cognition, learning, music education