This article reviews research on the effects of music instruction on general cognitive abilities.
The review of more than 75 reports shows (1) the consistency in results pertaining to the …

Adult musicians show superior neural sound discrimination when compared to
nonmusicians. However, it is unclear whether these group differences reflect the effects of …

The present study investigated the role of music education in early childhood education and
care (ECEC) in relation to the daily activities of children ages one to three, ie toddlers (N …

Musicians benefit from real‐life advantages, such as a greater ability to hear speech in noise
and to remember sounds, although the biological mechanisms driving such advantages …

The second edition of The Music and Literacy Connection expands our understanding of the
links between reading and music by examining those skills and learning processes that are …

Immediate and lasting effects of music or second‐language training were examined in early
childhood using event‐related potentials. Event‐related potentials were recorded for French …

There is a high degree of variability in speech intelligibility outcomes across cochlear-
implant (CI) users. To better understand how auditory cognition affects speech intelligibility …

The relation between informal musical activities at home and electrophysiological indices of
neural auditory change detection was investigated in 2–3‐year‐old children. Auditory event …

Adult musicians show superior auditory discrimination skills when compared to non‐
musicians. The enhanced auditory skills of musicians are reflected in the augmented …

Sensitivity to changes in various musical features was investigated by recording the
mismatch negativity (MMN) auditory event-related potential (ERP) in musically trained and …