By far the largest and most comprehensive study on this topic ever conducted, «THE ARTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS,» confirms claims that listening to music temporarily
enhances spatial skills (the controversial «Mozart Effect»), as well as claims that children who study music gain skill in spatial reasoning.
Not exact matches
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I ask Perham then about the so - called «Mozart effect,» which, in one early experiment, gave individuals who had recently listened to the famous classical composer
enhanced spatial - rotation
skills.
Like learning a new language, learning how to play an instrument has a proven impact on brain development, showing that «learning to play a musical instrument not only increases grey matter volume in various brain regions, but can also strengthen the long - range connections between them» and that» musical training also
enhances verbal memory,
spatial reasoning, and literacy
skills».
For instance, research suggests that toy blocks may
enhance spatial, math, problem - solving, and verbal
skills.