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An Analysis of Research that Examines the Correlation Between the Study of Music, Overall Learning Success and Personal Well-Be
Young students who are exposed to music perform better in math and reading. They demonstrate better motor skills. Students with attention problems exhibit lasting improvement in focus, mood control, and social skills when they listen to the music of Mozart regularly.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002lehmanp.pdf |
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Benefits of Music for Children with Special Needs
Music can be a motivating and fun way to teach all children, particularly children who have special learning needs.
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_channeldoc.cfm/1/15/64/64-64/5093 |
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Effects of Music and the Brain
http://members.tripod.com/~donlevi/musicfor.html |
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Music and Verbal Memory
Children with music training have significantly better verbal memory than their counterparts without such training, according to a new study, and the longer the training, the better the verbal memory.
http://www.advanceforot.com/common/Editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=20503 |
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Music and the Brain
In one controlled study, however, Mozart has been found helpful for ADD children. Rosalie Rebollo Pratt and colleagues studies 19 children, ages seven to seventeen, with ADD while playing recordings of Mozart during three times a week brain wave biofeedback sessions. 100 Masterpieces, Vol. 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the music used. It included the selections of Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, The Marriage of Figaro, Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, Don Giovanni and other concertos and sonatas. The group that listened to Mozart had reduced their theta brain wave activity (slow brain waves often excessive in ADD) in exact rhythm to the underlying beat of the music, and displayed better focus and mood control, diminished impulsivity and improved social skill. Among the subjects that improved, 70 % maintained that improvement six months after the end of the study without further training.
http://amenclinics.com/bp/articles.php?articleID=12 |
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Musical cures for modern ailments
As reported in the best-selling book The Mozart Effect, classical music—particularly Mozart's music—appears to have a calming effect on both adults and children, and to improve their ability to concentrate and learn. Music therapists use Mozart's music to help patients with anxiety disorders and to help children with attention deficit disorder.
http://www.swedish.org/16956.cfm |
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Online Resources on Music/Brain Research
Here is a collection of links to promotional pieces and authoritative online resources that can provide some answers. While there is editorializing and there are commentaries found on this page and in the linked material dealing with the research surrounding the "Mozart Effect", ultimately, the reader is responsible for applying critical thinking to sort it all out.
http://parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html |
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Piano, voice lessons may give 6-year-olds intellectual edge
The Canadian study lends support to the idea that musical training may do more for kids than simply teach them their scales -- it exercises parts of the brain useful in mathematics, spatial intelligence and other intellectual pursuits.
http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=68&id=519951 |
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Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention: A Theoretical Perspective
REI's eight-beat-per-second rhythms target the alpha frequency, which has been found to be beneficial in improving overall brain function as well as heightening learning and sensory processing.(24) It has also been documented that many people with neurobiological disorders have a difficult time producing and maintaining alpha waves in their brains. Current research also suggests that increasing the production of alpha waves may improve some of the symptoms of these conditions especially in attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities.
http://www.reiinstitute.com/rei-article.html |
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THE MOZART EFFECT: FACT OR FICTION?
A study with 69 children with autism, attention deficit disorder and epilepsy showed that while they are exposed to music (and, in some cases, for significant periods afterwards), their social skills and concentration improved dramatically in almost all cases.
http://www.paulborgese.com/report_mozarteffect.html |
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What is The Mozart Effect ®
The innovative and experimental uses of music to improve listening and attention deficit disorders
http://www.mozarteffect.com/learn/read.html |
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Why Music Matters by Cindy Bond
Research done at the University of California-Irvine indicates that young children taking music lessons have a greater ability to grasp concepts that are also essential to math and science. Coordination and concentration are also improved when, for instance, children take piano lessons and learn to play a different line of music with each hand. Mastering a song or technique allows children to feel a sense of accomplishment and a desire to move on to the next challenge. These feelings of pride can also improve their confidence in the classroom.
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,2-530,00.html?wtlAC=FE_Grades_PreK-2_2005-07-21,email-t |
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