Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a topic of increasing focus in the education sector. SEL is
the process by which children acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively …

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 …

Adults who move together to a shared musical beat synchronously as opposed to
asynchronously are subsequently more likely to display prosocial behaviors toward each …

Music is one of the most universal ways of expression and communication for humankind
and is present in the everyday lives of people of all ages and from all cultures around the …

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

Language is typically viewed as fundamental to human intelligence. Music, while
recognized as a human universal, is often treated as an ancillary ability–one dependent on …

Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …

We investigated if group music training in childhood is associated with prosocial skills.
Children in 3rd or 4th grade who attended 10 months of music lessons taught in groups …

The benefits of early shared book reading between parents and children have long been
established, yet the same cannot be said for early shared music activities in the home. This …

There is a general consensus that music is both universal and communicative, and musical
dialogue is a key element in much music-therapeutic practice. However, the idea that music …