How are musical training and cognition related?

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Music to your ears… and your brain? “Remember “The Mozart Effect”—the 90s phenomenon that claimed that listening to Mozart would make children smarter? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the finding that the claim was based on couldn’t be replicated, and the fad died out. While passive listening may not do much for intelligence, study after study illustrates the positive effects of musical education on brain development. How come? Well, playing an instrument is hard: it demands that a person read or remember musical notes while simultaneously playing the notes with precise timing. That’s why a particularly profound effect of musical training appears to hone a facet of rhythm: “temporal processing” improvements account for why music education helps people learn languages and become better readers. But, despite a common misconception, math abilities and musical abilities don’t seem to correlate. Want to learn about who can benefit most from musical training? Read Our Blog

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