The article, Effects of Music Training on the Child's Brain and Cognitive Development, is a scholarly article because of its publication in a scholarly, peer reviewed journal by the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
The article presents the case that adults who have had musical training have structural and functional differences in their brains as opposed to those adults without. This has been discovered through studying children from the ages of five to eleven with musical training and comparing them to a control group of five to eleven year olds without musical training. The experiment starting with children of similar ages and allowed the experimental group to undergo musical training (eventually amounting to four years) and comparing the results to children in the control group without the musical training. The experiment would examine different parts of the brain in both groups of children and compare the differneces. These differences are apparent between those with musical training and those without and these differences carry on to the children becoming adults. Musical training has been shown to improve fine motor skills, language, and mathematical performance.
The article explores the case and presents the findings at multiple ages of the children through diagrams and written explanations. Through the use of data and logos, the article presents the findings and proves the point that musical training is very important for the development of the brain and can help in many aspects of life throughout time.
SCHLAUG, G., NORTON, A., OVERY, K. and WINNER, E. (2005), Effects of Music Training on the Child's Brain and Cognitive Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060: 219–230. doi: 10.1196/annals.1360.015
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1196/annals.1360.015/full
Grave Words
7 years ago
This is a very interesting topic! I would love to know what exactly the adavantages were that the researchers found in children that had been musically trained.
ReplyDeleteI have always heard that musical training improves mental accuity, but it is cool to see the facts. Great post!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting topic. Growing up I always heard that listening to certain genres of music strengths your brain. But I never gave it much thought and its interesting to read about; and find out that there is some truth behind the myth.
ReplyDeleteThis topic is definitely one I have been wanting to look more into. It is funny to see the differences in raising a child depending on what theory you believe is true. I think it is becoming more popular to expose music to children at a young age that is supposed to enhance their cognition.
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