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Will Mozart make my child smarter?
The Guardian: Playing Mozart and Beethoven to young children improves their listening skills, concentration and self-discipline, according to a study this week by the Institute of Education. The study was an evaluation of a programme
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Why Does Music Aid in Memorization?
The Wall Street Journal: The words to a holiday song bubble up to the surface of the brain, even decades since last hearing the tune. Yet recalling a bank-account password can put the mind in
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Music makes you smarter. Right? Actually, it doesn’t, Harvard study finds
The Boston Globe: True or false? Music makes you smarter. Contrary to popular belief, a study—led by a Harvard graduate student who plays the saxophone, flute, bassoon, oboe, and clarinet—found no cognitive benefits to music
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Retailers Fine-Tune Store Music to Reflect Brand, Make You Want to Shop
The Wall Street Journal: It is the factor that can keep shoppers happily browsing in the store for hours—or drive them out the door in a huff. Retailers are fine-tuning their stores’ playlists as they
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Studying The Science Behind Child Prodigies
NPR: Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a world-renowned cellist. He rushed into the classical music scene at age 10 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play. “By the time I was 12, 13
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Parents’ Music Shapes the Way Kids Think, Study Finds
The Wall Street Journal: Today’s music fans have more positive memories of the songs of their parents’ generation than had been previously thought, according to a study published in the current edition of Psychological Science.
