News tagged with music lessons

Early music lessons boost brain development, researchers find

If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, ...

Neuroscience Feb 12, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 3 |

Music has big brain benefits compared to other leisure pursuits

(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out mom was right. Music lessons are good for you, and those benefits may last a lifetime.

Neuroscience Jul 20, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Childhood music lessons may provide lifelong boost in brain functioning

Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later - even for those who no longer play an instrument – by keeping the mind sharper as people age, according to a preliminary study published by the ...

Neuroscience Apr 20, 2011 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 2 |