Can Music Raise Kids' IQs?

摘要

@@ It's sure to be music to parents' ears: After nine months of weekly training in piano or voice, new research shows young students' IQs rose nearly three points more than their untrained peers①. The Canadian study lends support to②the 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.