Music Lessons Can Boost Kids’ Cognitive Skills & Academics

October 7, 2020

School music lessons can significantly boost children’s cognitive skills, including language-based reasoning, short-term memory, planning and inhibition, according to a new Dutch study published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.

In addition, these cognitive skills developed through music go on to positively influence students’ performance in completely unrelated subjects, resulting in improved academics across the board.