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Music Classes Strike a Chord in Kids’ Brain Development: Study – HealthDay News
Learning to play a musical instrument helps fine-tune kids’ brains, researchers say.
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Learning to play a musical instrument helps fine-tune kids’ brains, researchers say.
In a new study, 40 children (aged 10 to 13) performed memory and attention tasks while their brain activity was monitored with functional MRI. This type of imaging scan detects small changes in blood flow within the brain.
Twenty of the children played an instrument, had completed at least two years of lessons, practiced at least two hours a week and regularly played in…
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