Benefits of Music Study

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Benefits of Music Study
Linda Y. Buckner
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There has been much research done on the
benefits of music study. The research has
discovered remarkable evidence that music study
actually alters the brain anatomy. Music lessons
and listening to music can enhance spatial
reasoning performance, a critical higher-brain
function necessary to perform complex tasks like
mathematics. Discussion of the spatial and
musical intelligences is important because they
are not nurtured throughout a childs educational
years.
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• Benefits of Music Study
• Hand and eye coordination
• Enhances childrens abstract reasoning skills
  necessary for learning math and science.
• The Mozart Effect came about four years ago when
  researchers discovered that adults who listened
  to complex music increased their spatial IQ
  scores.
• Researchers in Leipzip discovered that musicians
  had larger planum temporale, the region of the
  brain associate with reading.

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Conclusion The benefits of studying music are
indicated by high achievement in other academic
areas. The power of music and its relevance to
these areas suggests that we need more of it in
the classroom. The reality is that limited time
and funding make music less of a priority. Music
study impacts student achievement in four areas

• Success in school
• Success in developing intelligence
• Success in society
• Success in life.

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Works Cited The Benefits of the Study of Music
- May 2001 Washington Music Educators
Association http//www.wmea.org/voice/articles__b
enefits_of_music.htm Riggs, Denie Music
Benefits Last A Lifetime - Summer
2001 http//www.muscleshoalsmusic.com/ Aiken,
Jeanne Music makes a Difference http//elwood.p
ionet.net/hub7/difftext.html Thomas, Lewis
The Case for Music in the Schools Phi Delta
Kappan, February, 1994