This paper reviews the empirical evidence relating to the effects of active engagement with
music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people. It …

Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing
neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development …

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 …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

Learn how the brain processes mathematical concepts and why some students develop
math anxiety! David A. Sousa discusses the cognitive mechanisms for learning mathematics …

Social cognitive skills such as empathy and theory of mind are crucial for everyday
interactions, cooperation, and cultural learning, and deficits in these skills have been …

Playing a musical instrument is an intense, multisensory, and motor experience that usually
commences at an early age and requires the acquisition and maintenance of a range of …

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 …

We conducted a longitudinal study with 32 nonmusician children over 9 months to determine
1) whether functional differences between musician and nonmusician children reflect …

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