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Musical training 'improves children's memory'21 September 2006 Children who receive musical training show improved memory skills and brain development, new research has suggested. Canadian-based researchers have shown that children who were musically trained for one year performed better in general intelligence tests relating to literacy, verbal memory, mathematics and IQ. The researchers from McMaster University in Canada recruited 12 children aged between four and six. The team then examined the children's brain responses to sounds over the course of a year. Six of the children attended a Suzuki music school throughout the year and were trained in the same way to read and understand music. The other six children were not given any musical training outside of school. After a year, the results showed that the musically trained children had a greater improvement in general memory capacity, as well as in their brains' ability to process sounds, compared to the other children. Dr Laurel Trainor, lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Brain, said that while the greater improvement in musical listening skills in the children studying music for a year is not surprising, the fact that musical study appeared to improve memory is very interesting. Co-author Dr Takako Fujioka added: "It is clear that music is good for children's cognitive development and that music should be part of the pre-school and primary school curriculum." Further studies are now planned to examine the benefits of musical training in adults. More information
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