The Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess & Harvard Medical School researches the use of music and musical stimuli as an interventional tool for educational and therapeutic purposes.
Category: 3. Benefits
THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION – PRESIDENT OF A MUSIC COLLEGE:
‘Music education is an education for life’ – Harry Chalmiers, President of McNally Smith College of Music (St. Paul, Minn.)
Singing enhances quality of life and rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s, stroke, Alzheimer’s
A team led by Professor Suzanne Purdy at the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research is researching the value of its CeleBRation Choir for people who have communication problems through brain disease. The members of the Choir are people who live with the effects of stroke, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease, along with other neurological conditions. People with these conditions may have problems speaking but find they can still sing. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
What if … every child had access to music education
Another powerful presentation from academic Anita Collins, asking what the impact might be if a generation’s cognitive abilities are raised – and she gives evidence that it’s possible – through music education. To view the video, click anywhere on this excerpt …
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
Anita Collins of the University of Canberra explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
The power of music: its impact on intellectual, social and personal development
In August 2010, Professor Susan Hallam of the Institute of Education at the University of London, published an overview paper on the impact of music on intellectual, personal and social development. She concludes that playing an instrument can lead to a sense of achievement; an increase in self-esteem; increased confidence; self-discipline; and provide a means of self-expression. While participating in musical groups promotes friendships; social skills; a sense of belonging; team-work; co-operation; commitment; mutual support; increased concentration and provides an outlet for relaxation. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Adolescents involved with music do better in school
Adolescents involved with music do better in school according to research by The Ohio State University. Taking part in music lessons in or out of school, and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
The Glee Effect? More Americans say music education prepares people for their careers and problem solving
A Harris Poll reported that music education provides skills that people may need for success in a job or career outside of music, eg working towards common goals, striving for individual excellence in a group setting, and providing them with a disciplined approach to solving problems. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
High performing students do even better if they are enrolled in ongoing music classes
Research from Quebec in Canada, by Harvard University, found that high-performing students did even better when they were enrolled in ongoing music classes. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Musical children likely to be better with words too
A study by Northwestern University, led by Dr Nina Kraus, found that musical ability is biologically linked to literacy. Children – aged between 8 and 13 – who performed well in reading tests were also good at discerning rhythm and tone, and they also did better than average in tests of verbal memory. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Playing music protects memory, hearing and brain processing
A study by Dr Nina Kraus’s Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University, showed that musicians suffer less from ageing-related memory and hearing losses than non-musicians. It is believed to be the first study to provide biological evidence that lifelong musical experience has a good impact on the ageing process. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Instrumental music training boosts verbal memory
A study led by Ingo Roden of Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany found that young children who took instrumental music lessons did better than their peers on verbal memory tests. For more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Music Education Works 