Music Training

New research on twins finds nature and nurture interact to produce accomplished musicians. A second study suggests chimps might be among their fans.

Inspiring school and home environments help students develop a sense of themselves as musicians, which prompts them to keep practicing.

German researchers report learning to play a musical instrument is associated with higher grades and superior cognitive skills.

New research suggests music training as a youngster can lead to faster processing of sounds in senior citizens.

New research finds musical training appears to sharpen our ability to detect our own mistakes, and rapidly make needed adjustments.

Research from Canada finds high-performing students do even better if they are enrolled in ongoing music classes.

A German study finds young children who took instrumental music lessons did better than their peers on verbal memory tests.