I came across this several years back and found it to be fascinating. This is just another reason to encourage parents to have their children learn how to play music. Its amazing that wherever we travel across the world, music is understood across all cultures. Not only is music educational but it also is appreciated by everyone. I hope you find this information insightful and motivating to learn how to play piano!!!!
Music Students Are Scoring
Music students are outperforming non-music students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). College-bound seniors with coursework or experience in music performance scored 52 points higher on the verbal portion and 37 points higher on the math portion of the SAT than students with no coursework or experience in the arts. Source: The College Board, September 1997)
Music Is Beating Computers
at Enhancing Early Childhood Development. Music training, specifically piano instruction, is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills necessary for learning math and science. Learning music at an early age causes long-term enhancement of spatial- temporal reasoning. (Source: Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1997)
Music Enhances Linguistic Skills
Music — specifically song — is one of the best training grounds for babies learning to recognize the tones that add up to spoken language. (Source: Sandra Trehub, University of Toronto, 1997)
Scientists, Therapists Agree: Music Heals More Than Just The Spirit
Music benefits older adults. Active music-making positively affects the biology and behavior of Alzheimer’s patients.
(Source: Music Making and Wellness Project, a study conduc ted at the University of Miami)
The Window Of Opportunity For Studying Music
is between the ages of three and ten. This is the time when we are the most receptive to and able to process music.
(Source: Newsweek, February 19, 1996)
Studying Music Strengthens Students’ Academic Performance
Rhode Island studies have indicated that sequential, skill-building instruction in art and music integrated with the rest of the curriculum can greatly improve children’s performance in reading and math.
(Source: “Learning Improved by Arts Training” by Martin Gardiner, Alan Fox, Faith Knowles, and Donna Jeffrey, Nature, May 23, 1996)
Music and Spatial Task Performance: A Causal Relationship
Music lessons, and even simply listening to music, can enhance spatial reasoning performance, a critical higher-brain function necessary to perform complex tasks including mathematics.
(Source: Frances Fauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1994www.lindebladpiano.com
