Playing music boosts language and learning skills
Posted by staff / July 22, 2010
Learning to play a musical instrument equates to a work out for brain, improving learning and language skills with no push-ups and protein shakes required. According to a recent review article, “The effect of music training suggests that, akin to physical exercise and its impact on body fitness, music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory fitness.”
Researchers found that the way brain cells connect during musical training can assist with speech, reading, and the comprehending of foreign languages. The findings could help music education advocates as researchers suggest schools should consider more integrated musical training into the curriculum.
Full story at LiveScience.
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Perhaps Philip Ball’ said it best….
… it will be a sad day when the only way to persuade educationalists to embrace music is via its side effects on cognition and intelligence. Music should indeed be celebrated (and studied) as a gymnasium for the mind; but ultimately its value lies with the way it enriches, socializes and humanizes us.
I might only add that the greatest thing about music is the people you meet through it.
Read the fill blog here: http://discoverlearnplay.blogspot.com/2010/07/music-to-our-ears-bravo-philip-ball.html