Does music training enhance literacy skills? A meta-analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Gordon, Reyna L ^a   Fehd, Hilda M ^b   McCandliss, Bruce D ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Literacy; Meta analysis; Music training; Phonological awareness; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954202092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01777     Document Type: Article

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