Music Improves Brain Function
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Category:
Research Report |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Inherent value/intelligence Supporting the school environment for learning Supporting learning in other subjects Long-term success of students Developing the "whole child" |
Attribution
“Music Improves Brain Function.” Live Science, Phillip F. Schewe, November 6, 2009.
Item Text
“Laurel Trainor, director of the Institute for Music and the Mind at McMaster University in West Hamilton, Ontario, and colleagues compared preschool children who had taken music lessons with those who did not. Those with some training showed larger brain responses on a number of sound recognition tests given to the children. Her research indicated that musical training appears to modify the brain's auditory cortex…Even a year or two of music training leads to enhanced levels of memory and attention when measured by the same type of tests that monitor electrical and magnetic impulses in the brain.”
Links
Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org