by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Dunbar, K. N. (2008). Arts education, the brain, and language. In C. Asbury & C. Rich (Eds.) Learning, Arts, and the Brain. New York, NY: Dana Foundation.Abstract:This study uses neuroscientific methods to examine whether there are cognitive differences between...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Forgeard, M., Winner, E., Norton, A., & Schlaug, G. (2008). Practicing a musical instrument in childhood is associated with enhanced verbal ability and nonverbal reasoning. PLoS ONE, 3.Abstract:This study examines the association between instrumental music...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Petitto, L. (2008). Arts education, the brain, and language. In C. Asbury & C. Rich (Eds.) Learning, Arts, and the Brain. New York, NY: Dana Foundation.Abstract:This study examines the impact of intensive arts education on the human brain. The study has two...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Spelke, E. (2008). Effects of music instruction on developing cognitive systems at the foundations of mathematics and science. In Asbury, C. & Rich, B. (Eds.), Learning, Arts, and the Brain, (pp. 17–49). New York/Washington, D.C.: The Dana Foundation.Abstract:In...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Wandell, B., Dougherty, R. F., Ben-Shachar, M., & Deutsch, G., K. (2008). Training in the arts, reading, and brain imaging. In C. Asbury & C. Rich (Eds.) Learning, Arts, and the Brain. New York, NY: Dana Foundation.Abstract:This series of studies uses...
