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Like usual you miss the point....

Nobody contest the fact that listening with closed eyes improve concentration...

You are contested about negating the fact that listening sometimes eyes open, VARYING the closing or the opening of the eyes made us perceive the imaging differently, especially in the dark... I listen eyes open in my dark room and it is better for imaging perception because in this way you own the advantage linked to the fact of not being distracted and you perceive the imaging better because you eyes are open in the dark room and you are more conscious of your body location in relation to the music...

Reality is always more subtle then what we can proclaim or negate....

I just listen, writing this now  eyes open, Haydn quatuor, my imaging is so good i dont  even need to close the eyes...



«Sometimes dark, sometimes light, always colors»- paraphrasing Goethe

Raul, with modern imaging techniques we know a lot more about the brain's function than you think. Most of the research is centered around Alzheimer's disease. When you stimulate the brain a certain way specific areas of the brain light up showing they are functioning at a higher rate than other parts. We have known what areas of the brain usually do under normal circumstances for a long time. It is what happens under unusual circumstances that is interesting like what happens to your hearing when your eyes are closed. If you have been blind from a young age almost your entire visual cortex, the occipital lobes in the back of your brain are donated to hearing. These areas are three times larger than the area usually used for hearing in the left temporo-parietal lobe.
Obviously most musical geniuses have their vision but there are blind musicians that are just extraordinary like Stevie Wonder. You need to listen to him when he was 12 ears old! He was called Little Stevie Wonder back then. There are recordings of his early performances. Amazing.    

And Ray Charles.

"Music always sounds better with the lights out."

Try Staying Alive without a disco ball.

@mahgister. It is a double edged sword and it cuts both way’s.

And my head is firmly on my shoulders, however your’s is in the stars or is that a ceiling fan?

I can not tell my eyes are closed listening to Coltrane.