Music tuition can help children improve reading skills
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Children exposed to a multi-year programme of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers, according to a study published today in the journal Psychology of Music, published by SAGE.
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