The Benefits of Playing Music for your Brain
Article with links to research
The Music Instinct
PBS mini-documentaries
"This is Your Brain on Music"
A whole page of videos related to the book by this name.
The Accidental Scientist--The Science of Music
Fun exploration of the science behind music
8 Ways Music Affects Our Brains
Children with at least 3 years of musical training "tested better on vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning skills, which involve understanding and analyzing visual information, such as identifying relationships, similarities and differences between shapes and patterns."
Brain Pathways
"...music training may increase the neural connections in regions of the brain associated with creativity, decisionmaking, and complex memory, and they may improve a student’s ability to process conflicting information from many senses at once."
Overview of Recent Research on Music and the Brain
"...ten exceptionally compelling studies and their outcomes demonstrating how seriously we must take music education..."
National Association for Music Educators
News from the world of music education
Article with links to research
The Music Instinct
PBS mini-documentaries
"This is Your Brain on Music"
A whole page of videos related to the book by this name.
The Accidental Scientist--The Science of Music
Fun exploration of the science behind music
8 Ways Music Affects Our Brains
Children with at least 3 years of musical training "tested better on vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning skills, which involve understanding and analyzing visual information, such as identifying relationships, similarities and differences between shapes and patterns."
Brain Pathways
"...music training may increase the neural connections in regions of the brain associated with creativity, decisionmaking, and complex memory, and they may improve a student’s ability to process conflicting information from many senses at once."
Overview of Recent Research on Music and the Brain
"...ten exceptionally compelling studies and their outcomes demonstrating how seriously we must take music education..."
National Association for Music Educators
News from the world of music education