Musical studies provide clues to brain functions - An overview of music and perception studies, by Beth Azar, published on the APA Monitor site by the American Psychological Association. The MuSICA Archive Below are links to articles from the online journal, MuSICA, an especially valuable resource that deals with research into the music's role in brain developement. The process of musical composition encompasses a number of interelated cognitive and perceptual operations. An overview of studies dealing with children and musical composition show results that raise interesting questions, as well as, answers. Easy for Us, Hard on Them - Editorial that deals with young children and early development of musical preferences and interests.
Infants have adult-like brain specializations for processing music.
This report deals with the relationship between music education and cognitive achievement. Music Alters Children's Brainwaves - Reorganization of brain function and evidence of these processes in children are subjects of the study reported here. Music Aids Memory Retrieval in Infants - Discussion of a study that uses music to probe the minds of infants. The Musical Infant and the Roots of Consonance - Discussion of the way consonance and dissonance is perceived and process. The Neurobiology of the Benefits of Music - Opinions and reports on music research and its meaning.