Youth Health – Staff Writer
“You may not be grooming the next Mozart or Chopin-although there’s certainly nothing wrong with doing it-just learning and playing music can be very beneficial to the little ones. In one of the recent studies on the effects of music to the brain, a group of researchers from the College of Medicine of the University of Vermont learned that the skills children acquire from learning and playing music can improve their brain’s condition significantly. For the study, they used the brain images of more than 230 children from 6 to 18 years old…Based on their analyses, those children who learn how to play an instrument experience a different brain development than those who don’t. For example, certain areas of the brain’s cortex that are responsible for control, memory, and organization are thicker for the music players. They also are more likely to have a more effective control of their emotions.”(more)