Objective: Music and speech are complex signals containing regularities in how they unfold
in time. Similarities between music and speech/language in terms of their auditory features …

Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing
neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development …

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 …

Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable
experience, moving us both physically and emotionally—and learning to play music shapes …

A growing body of research suggests that musical training has a beneficial impact on
speech processing (eg, hearing of speech in noise and prosody perception). As this …

Children's engagement in music practice is associated with enhancements in literacy-
related language skills, as demonstrated by multiple reports of correlation across these two …

Although most studies that examined associations between music training and cognitive
abilities had correlational designs, the prevailing bias is that music training causes …

Reading music and playing a musical instrument is a complex activity that comprises motor
and multisensory (auditory, visual, and somatosensory) integration in a unique way. Music …

Musicians are often reported to have enhanced neurophysiological functions, especially in
the auditory system. Musical training is thought to improve nervous system function by …

Numerous arguments in the recent neuroscientific literature support the use of musical
training as a therapeutic tool among the arsenal already available to therapists and …