| Ever wonder WHY it's a good idea for music to play an integral role in your child's development? A recent article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience offered some fascinating evidence to that very question. Researchers say that music training reshapes the brain in ways that pay off in a broader sense, by priming the auditory system for listening challenges - beyond those necessary to simply process music. Just as physical exercise modifies the body, mental training and learning alters the brain and thus, the way we learn things. Music lessons have been found to improve a child's IQ because the lessons nourish faculties such as memory, coordination and attentiveness. Music training sharpens our awareness of notions such as rhythm, timing, and timbre ( the distinctive quality of a sound), which also translates into the capacity to discern emotional intonations in speech (which will pay off in relationships down the road), to better master languages, and even help with the learning of statistics. Simply put, music makes us better learners. Written by Miss Cathy, who had music playing while she spent 2 days organizing her home office. It really did help her stay on task! |
| It's Good For You, Honest! |
Written by Cathy Huser
Thursday, 29 July 2010 00:52