Spatial-temporal reasoning is the ability to reason in space and through time. It's what a person putting together a puzzle uses to envision the picture the pieces will make. It's what a person playing chess uses to anticipate and respond to an opponent's move. It's what and engineer uses when designing a bridge. They're thinking ahead in patterns.
Music is a sequence of patterns.
But parents who take this research to heart may have trouble finding individual private piano lessons for their preschooler. Most instructors who offer them prefer to wait until a child is school age - for a good reason. Their emphasis is on teaching children how to read music and perform, in addition to basic music comprehension. It's easier to do this when they have a longer attention span. Lynn Thieban, a longtime piano teacher in West Des Moines, is also concerned about starting music lesson for children too soon.