Time Invested In Practicing Pays Off For Young Musicians, Research Shows
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study has found that children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outperform children with no instrumental training -- not only in tests of auditory discrimination and finger dexterity (skills honed by the study of a musical instrument), but also on tests measuring verbal ability and visual pattern completion (skills not normally associated with music).
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