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Tag: University of Southern California

Music brain logic creativity

Music training can improve decision-making, focus and impulse management

November 24, 2017 anitanee

The only way to correctly assess the effects of music training on child development is to study children before they start any music training and to follow them systematically thereafter.

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The effects of early music training on brain activity

April 25, 2017 anitanee

Researchers at the University of Southern California have studied the effects of music training on brain activity.

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A child’s brain develops faster with exposure to music education

June 19, 2016 anitanee

A study by researchers at the University of Southern California shows that exposure to music and music instruction accelerates the brain development of young children.

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