A little music training goes a long way: Practicing music for only few years in childhood helps improve adult brain

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 21:00 in Psychology & Sociology

A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new study. The impact of music on the brain has been a hot topic in science in the past decade. Now researchers have directly examined what happens after children stop playing a musical instrument after only a few years.

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