Learning To Be A DJ Helps A Man Fix His Brain From Severe Injuries

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JAKARTA - Learning to be a disjoki (DJ) has succeeded in making a person's brain work better. That's what David Wilson (38) felt, a man who suffered a severe brain injury from being stabbed in his right eye in an unreasonable attack in 2005. Even the knife penetrated his brain.

Since suffering from a severe brain injury, David has trained to be a DJ drum'n'bass under the guidance of DJ Wiltshire Emma Ryalls.

My thinking is a bit vague. I can't focus or anything for too long without feeling confused. I'm learning to walk again now, David Wilson told the BBC recently.

Wilson had already been a MC drum 'n'bass before the incident, saying it was something he liked. The learning process as a DJ helped him recover some of the abilities he had previously considered missing.

"This really wakes up his brain," said Kim, David's mother.

"significantly, I have super powers," said David.

Currently, David is able to listen to a song and learn it word after word. The positive effect of music on the brain has been shown in other stories in recent months.

In another case in January, a cancer patient played the song Deftones and System of a Down during surgery to remove a tumor in his head. Christian Nolen took this unusual step at the request of his neurological team in Miami, as he had to stay awake during the procedure to avoid major damage.