Can music lessons increase the performance of preschool children in IQ tests?

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Kaviani, Hossein ^a   Mirbaha, Hilda ^b   Pournaseh, Mehrangiz ^c   Sagan, Olivia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Changing Lives and Family Violence Programs Family Service Toronto   (Canada)

^d BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Intelligence; Music; Preschool children; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC;

EID: 84895074585     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-013-0574-0     Document Type: Article

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