Music Boosts Brain Development

Kids

oi-Staff

Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 11:22

Music training proved to have profound effects in shaping a growing child's brain and sensory systems. So the experts in neuroscience advice music to be a main stay of K-12 education. They also advice the cash-strapped schools, not to make the major mistake by cutting music from K-12 Education.

Music training is beneficial for processing music stimuli. It will enhance the brain stems' sensitivity to the speech sounds.

So music study can be an effective strategy in helping typically developing children who is healthy with the neural aspects. Music is equally helpful for the children with developmental problems like dyslexia or autism.

“Playing an instrument may help youngsters better process speech in noisy classrooms and more accurately interpret the nuances of language that are conveyed by subtle changes in the human voice," says Nina Kraus, Hugh Knowles Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Communication Sciences at Northwestern University.