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The past couple of years have been a constant push and pull between extreme excitement and extreme monotony. So at this point, you would certainly be forgiven if you are starting to get bored with the ...

Musical training around the age of five has a unique ability to enhance kindergartners’ speech perception and language skills according to a new study contributed by Robert Desimone of the ...

A new piece of research reveals that playing piano for six months can noticeably improve a child’s language skills. The study, published on 25 June by PNAS, found that some areas of a child’s brain ...

My earliest memories of my father, composer Paul Sheftel, are at the piano. After each lesson, I would draw a small picture ...

Musical training around the age of five has a unique ability to enhance kindergartners’ speech perception and language skills according to a new study contributed by Robert Desimone of the ...

A study suggests a plausible neural basis for the enhanced language skills tied to music training. Music training has been tied to improved linguistic ability in children and adolescents, but the ...