Canadian Study: Music Lessons Help Brain Develop

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting this article on the positive relationship between music lessons and brain development.

Music lessons help brain develop: Study

Toronto Star - Canadian Press, 9/19/2006

"Music lessons can help children as young as four show advanced brain development and improve their memory, even when it sounds like a budding musician is banging out little more than noise, a new Canadian study suggests. . . . Even when parents hear only what sounds like random notes or nonsense, it's likely their children are developing their brains in ways that could enhance their overall thinking, said professor Laurel Trainor. . ."

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