Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of
the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in …

Intestinal parasitic infections are common infectious diseases causing many health
problems and impaired growth and physical development.. Children under five years old are …

Despite a growing body of research devoted to the study of how humans encode
environmental patterns, there is still no clear consensus about the nature of the …

It is often claimed that music training improves auditory and linguistic skills. Results of
individual studies are mixed, however, and most evidence is correlational, precluding …

Janet Enever explores the complex forces that shape national and local language education
policymaking for the early introduction of English as a foreign language at primary and pre …

Abstract CHENG, TW, KL Mills and JH Pfeifer. Revisiting adolescence as a sensitive period
for sociocultural processing. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV XX (X) XXX-XXX, 2024. Waves of …

Musical training is becoming increasingly popular as a topic for scientific research. Here we
review the available studies investigating whether and to which degree musical experience …

Research on critical periods of brain development is greatly expanding our understanding of
the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the epochs of heightened plasticity …

BACKGROUND: The plastic nature of the human brain lends itself to experience and
training-based structural changes leading to functional recovery. Music, with its multimodal …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifactorial disorder with characteristic synaptic and
gene expression changes. Early intervention during childhood is thought to benefit …