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Entries from April 29th, 2009

"Musical Training Shapes Brain Development" reports medical study

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Tweet Commentary from Lutz Jäncke (Thanks to Dr. Ellen Taliaferro for sharing this study with me) This study supports my own interpretation of the brain’s capability for experience-dependent influences on brain anatomy and function. In concrete, this study demonstrates that 6-year-old children receiving instrumental musical training for 15 months not only learned to play their musical instrument but […]

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