Dyslexia and Music
A study of under-privileged 3- to 5-year-olds from Head Start preschools found significant cognitive improvements after “musical intervention.” Children who received music training had improvements in non-verbal IQ, numeracy and spatial cognition compared to their own pre-intervention test scores. You can read the study here: http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.
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- Marcia Douglas
Marcia Douglas, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 • 2:11pm
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