Although a growing literature points to substantial variation in speech/language abilities related to individual differences in musical abilities, mainstream models of communication …
The present study employed population-level educational records from 4 public school student cohorts (n= 112,916; Grades 7–12) in British Columbia (Canada) to examine …
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 …
G Schlaug - Progress in brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …
N Kraus, B Chandrasekaran - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
The effects of music training in relation to brain plasticity have caused excitement, evident from the popularity of books on this topic among scientists and the general public …
Executive functions (EF) are cognitive capacities that allow for planned, controlled behavior and strongly correlate with academic abilities. Several extracurricular activities have been …
Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development …
CY Wan, G Schlaug - The Neuroscientist, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …