Time Invested In Practicing Pays Off For Young Musicians, Research Shows

ScienceDaily (2008-11-05) — A new study has found that children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outperform children with no instrumental training — not only in tests of auditory discrimination and finger dexterity (skills honed by the study of a musical instrument), but also on tests measuring verbal ability and visual pattern completion (skills not normally associated with music). … > read full article