The study of music perception and cognition is one of the oldest topics in experimental
psychology. The last 20 years have seen an increased interest in understanding the …

Because emotions enhance memory processes and music evokes strong emotions, music
could be involved in forming memories, either about pieces of music or about episodes and …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Power of Music a research synthesis of the impact of actively
making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young …

Apply the newest brain research to enhance all students' learning Educational neuroscience
consultant David A. Sousa continues his tradition of translating new findings into effective …

The human brain has the remarkable capacity to alter in response to environmental
demands. Training-induced structural brain changes have been demonstrated in the healthy …

Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …

Although links between music training and cognitive abilities are relatively well‐established,
unresolved issues include the generality of the association, the direction of causation, and …

Background Several studies have found that musicians perform better than nonmusicians in
memory tasks, but this is not always the case, and the strength of this apparent advantage is …

Long‐term instrumental music training is an intense, multisensory and motor experience that
offers an ideal opportunity to study structural brain plasticity in the developing brain in …

An extensive literature has investigated the impact of musical training on cognitive skills and
academic achievement in children and adolescents. However, most of the studies have …