Amit U Raysoni, Thomas H Stock, Jeremy A Sarnat, Mayra C Chavez, Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat, Teresa Montoya, Fernando Holguin, Wen-Whai Li
Evaluation of VOC concentrations in indoor and outdoor microenvironments at near-road schools
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
conducted longitudinal study 32 nonmusician children 9 months determine 1 whether functional differences musician nonmusician children reflect specific predispositions music result musical training 2 whether musical training improves nonmusical brain functions reading linguistic pitch processing eventrelated brain potentials recorded 8yearold children performed tasks designed test hypothesis musical training improves pitch processing music also speech following first testing sessions nonmusician children pseudorandomly assigned music painting training 6 months tested training using tests musical painting training children showed enhanced reading pitch discrimination abilities speech remarkably 6 months musical training thus suffices significantly improve behavior influence development neural processes reflected specific pattern brain waves results reveal positive transfer music speech highlight influence musical training finally demonstrate brain plasticity showing relatively short periods training strong consequences functional organization childrens brain