Music training has been recently claimed to enhance children and young adolescents'
cognitive and academic skills. However, substantive research on transfer of skills suggests …

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 …

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 …

Researchers have designed training methods that can be used to improve mental health
and to test the efficacy of education programs. However, few studies have demonstrated …

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 …

Several studies have suggested that intensive musical training enhances children's
linguistic skills. Such training, however, is not available to all children. We studied in a …

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 …

Playing a musical instrument is an intense, multisensory, and motor experience that usually
commences at an early age and requires the acquisition and maintenance of a range of …

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

Executive functions (EF) are cognitive capacities that allow for planned, controlled behavior
and strongly correlate with academic abilities. Several extracurricular activities have been …