Title
Recent Brain Research on Young Children
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
With the use of technologies such as EEGs (electroencephalograms), researchers can observe and measure the brain activity of young children as they engage in musical tasks and other activities. A recent study has shown that children who received music instruction (which included singing, playing instruments, moving, listening, creating, and prereading/writing activities) showed less brain activity when later completing a visual-spatial task than did students receiving no music instruction. This suggests that the brain processing of the children receiving music instruction was more efficient.
Publisher
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
City
Reston
ISBN
9781565451292
Repository Citation
Flohr, J. W., Miller, D. C., & Persellin, D. C. (2000). Recent brain research on young children. In Music makes the difference: Music, brain development, and learning (pp. 37-43). MENC: The National Association for Music Education.
Publication Information
Music Makes the Difference: Music, Brain Development, and Learning