This paper reviews the empirical evidence relating to the effects of active engagement with
music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people. It …

The effects of music training in relation to brain plasticity have caused excitement, evident
from the popularity of books on this topic among scientists and the general public …

An Introduction to Audio Description is the first comprehensive, user-friendly student guide to
the theory and practice of audio description, or media narration, providing readers with the …

There is some evidence for a role of music training in boosting phonological awareness,
word segmentation, working memory, as well as reading abilities in children with typical …

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 …

Mounting evidence suggests that musical training benefits the neural encoding of speech.
This paper offers a hypothesis specifying why such benefits occur. The “OPERA” hypothesis …

The Dyslexia Debate examines how we use the term" dyslexia" and questions its efficacy as
a diagnosis. While many believe that a diagnosis of dyslexia will shed light on a reader's …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

Rather than passively 'waiting'to be activated by sensations, it is proposed that the human
brain is continuously busy generating predictions that approximate the relevant future …

Developmental dyslexia is an unexplained inability to acquire accurate or fluent reading that
affects approximately 5–17% of children. Dyslexia is associated with structural and …