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“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

from Education Week Article "Music on the Mind" by Debra Viadero

"Piano training thus improves children’s language development as much as, if not more than, reading"

“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

from "Piano training enhances the neural processing of pitch and improves speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children" by Yun Nan, Li Liu, Eveline Geiser, and Robert Desimone.

"Following piano instruction, participants improved significantly in spatial memory and arithmetic."

“I think the evidence is solid enough to say: let’s improve and expand our music education programs"

"Following piano instruction, participants improved significantly in spatial memory and arithmetic."

from: "Piano Keyboard Training and the Spatial-Temporal Development of Young Children Attending Kindergarten Classes in Greece" by Zafranas, Nikolaos

"In short, the results provide evidence of intellectual benefits from taking music lessons."

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

"Following piano instruction, participants improved significantly in spatial memory and arithmetic."

from "MUSIC LESSONS ENHANCE IQ" by Professor E. Glenn Schellenberg at the University of Toronto

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

from "Longitudinal Analysis of Music Education on Executive Functions in Primary School Children"

"...the effects of music on cortical representations may be greater if {they begin} in childhood,"

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

"The results indicate a positive influence of long-term music education on cognitive abilities..."

from "Effects of musical training on the auditory cortex in children" by Laurel J Trainor 1, Antoine Shahin, Larry E Roberts

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

from: "Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills" by SAGE Publications/Psychology of Music

"...music education ...may be the very thing that improves all-around academic achievement."

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

from: "Music Students Score Better in Math, Science, English Than Nonmusical Peers" by Peter Gouzouasis

"It’s most likely the musical training that improves executive functioning skills."

"Children exposed to music training display superior cognitive performance in reading skills."

"It’s most likely the musical training that improves executive functioning skills."

from: "Unpacking the Science: How Playing Music Changes the Learning Brain" by MindShift