Adam Tierney|Jennifer Krizman|Nina Kraus
Music training alters the course of adolescent auditory development
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
fundamental changes brain structure function adolescence wellcharacterized extent experience modulates adolescent neurodevelopment musical experience provides ideal case examining question influence music training begun early life wellknown investigated effects inschool music training previously shown enhance auditory skills versus another inschool training program focus development auditory skills active control tested adolescents neural responses sound language skills entered high school pretraining 3 later show inschool music training begun high school prolongs stability subcortical sound processing accelerates maturation cortical auditory responses although phonological processing improved music training active control groups enhancement greater adolescents underwent music training thus music training initiated late adolescence enhance neural processing sound confer benefits language skills results establish potential experiencedriven brain plasticity adolescence demonstrate inschool programs engender changes