Are musicians better language learners?
- carmellorcabofi
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min read
Research has found that children who study music before the age of seven develop bigger vocabularies, a better sense of grammar and a higher verbal IQ.
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When children start studying music before the age of seven, they develop bigger vocabularies, a better sense of grammar and a higher verbal IQ. These advantages benefit both the development of their mother tongue and the learning of foreign languages. During these crucial years, the brain is at its sensitive development phase, with 95% of the brain's growth occurring now. Music training started during this period also boosts the brain's ability to process subtle differences between sounds and assist in the pronunciation of languages – and this gift lasts for life, as it has been found that adults who had musical training in childhood still retain this ability to learn foreign languages quicker and more efficiently than adults who did not have early childhood music training.
Read this article published on The Guardian to see what Liisa Henriksson-Macaulay is doing research about!
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