Mammas Please Let Your Babies Grow Up to Play Cowbells

September 18, 2012

Corroborating what we already knew, Northwestern Professor Nina Kraus’s study found that kids who actively play the cowbell — (OK, synecdoche disclosure: She actually said “a musical instrument”) — have improved working memory, greater ability to disambiguate sound (like speech) and to make sound-to-meaning connection.  More:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/early-music-lessons-have-longtime-benefits/?pagewanted=print

Categories:   Commentary, Music education