| Music has the ability to train our brain for | | | | children belonged to the control group which |
| higher level of thinking - the kind of | | | | did not receive any training. For the first |
| thinking for problem solving, comparing and | | | | group, their training consisted of weekly ten |
| contrasting the similarities and difference | | | | to fifteen minute private keyboard lesson, |
| between objects, analyzing, reaching | | | | daily practice periods and a daily thirty |
| conclusion, synthesizing, and evaluating | | | | minute singing time.The children were tested |
| information.In recent research, it was found | | | | after eight months later. They were required |
| that music can help in developing human's | | | | to perform five tasks to test their spatial |
| spatial-temporal reasoning skill. | | | | reasoning:- arranging pieces of a puzzle to |
| Spatial-temporal reasoning is the ability to | | | | form a complete picture- matching depicted |
| perceive the visual world accurately and form | | | | pattern using flat, two-colored blocks- |
| mental images of objects. It is the mind | | | | placing correct color pegs into holes under a |
| ability to see in very detailed images and to | | | | series of pictured animals- performing a |
| recognize, compare and find relationships | | | | geometric design task- describing what was |
| among the patterns and details on an object. | | | | "wrong" or "silly" about a picture.And here |
| The temporal element involves a child's | | | | were results:The spatial-temporal reasoning |
| ability to think ahead.In learning music, one | | | | of the children in the control group increase |
| must be able to play a note, then a series of | | | | by only 6 percent. However children from the |
| notes, then a series of chords, and the able | | | | group which received music training showed a |
| to look ahead at the music and determine | | | | great improved in their spatial-temporal |
| where and what will be played next.Many | | | | reasoning by 46 percent!Research and Finding |
| studies and experiments have been conducted | | | | 3:To confirm the results and finding in the |
| to prove the power of the music on our brain. | | | | above experiment, the scientists conducted |
| Below are the finding in some recent years | | | | another test. This time they took another |
| research:Research and Finding 1:In 1994, Drs | | | | group of seventy-eight preschoolers and |
| Gordon Shaw and Frances Rauscher who are | | | | divided into four groups:- The first group |
| scientists at the University of California at | | | | consisted of thirty-four students who were |
| Irvin, conducted an experiment to find out | | | | given private daily piano lessons- The second |
| the link between spatial reasoning and music. | | | | group consisted of twenty students. The |
| They divided seventy-nice college students | | | | children in this group received ten minutes |
| into three groups. Each group was given a | | | | of private computer training every day.- The |
| cutting and folding task.The first group was | | | | third group had 12 students who received |
| given the opportunity to listen to ten | | | | singing training- The last group were a |
| minutes of Mozart's Sonata in D for Two | | | | control group where the children did not |
| pianos, K. 488. The second group heard ten | | | | attend any form of lesson.The children were |
| minutes of minimalist (Philip Glass's Music | | | | tested after six months later and the results |
| with Changing Parts) and rhythmically | | | | were:Children in the first group had the most |
| repetitive music (Ian Rich's C-Level | | | | dramatic improvement in spatial-temporal |
| Productions mix of Mortal Stomp and Carry Me | | | | reasoning - an increased by 34 per cent in |
| Through). The third was the control group | | | | performance!Research and Finding 4:In 1998, |
| where the students did not listen to any | | | | the scientists perform another experiment to |
| music piece.The result was - there was no | | | | find out how a computer math game called |
| significant occurrence with the second and | | | | "Spatial-Temporal Animation Reasoning (STAR) |
| third group. However the students in the | | | | coupled with either piano lessons or |
| first group who had listened to the music of | | | | English-language training affected students |
| Mozart, experienced an increase in their | | | | performance in math.This experiment were |
| spatial IQ of eight to nine points in just | | | | conducted over 4 months period and the |
| ten minutes! Although the effect was | | | | subjects were 170 second-graders from an |
| temporary, the scientists believed that a | | | | elementary school in Los Angeles.The children |
| particular organization of the elements in | | | | were divided into 3 groups:- Group 1 |
| the music caused the improvement in the | | | | consisted of children who studied the piano |
| spatial-temporal reasoning. This phenomenon | | | | keyboard and the math video game- Group 2 |
| is now commonly known as the "Mozart | | | | consisted of children who received English |
| Effect".Research and Finding 2:After the | | | | language training and studied the math video |
| above experiment which showed that by | | | | game- Group 3 were the control group which |
| listening to music, it could caused an | | | | did not receive any training.After four |
| increase in spatial-temporal reasoning, | | | | months, a test were conducted and the results |
| scientists began to wondered if the effect | | | | were:Children in Group 1 and 2 who received |
| can be prolonged by studying a musical | | | | training in the computer game showed a 100 |
| instrument.To find out the result, the | | | | percent improvement in their math skills as |
| scientists conducted a test on thirty-three | | | | compared to the control group. Also, the |
| three-year-old pre-schoolers in Los Angeles. | | | | students who received piano keyboard training |
| They choose three-year-old children because | | | | along with the math video game did 27 percent |
| the cortexes of their brain were still | | | | better on questions related to fractions and |
| maturing and any effect from music education | | | | proportional math than those who received |
| will be most observed as compared to a | | | | training in English language and the math |
| matured brain.The children were divided into | | | | video game. And lastly, the teachers of the |
| two groups. The first group had 19 children | | | | group also reported that the children who |
| who were provided with eight months of | | | | studied piano key boarding demonstrated |
| keyboard and singing lesson. The remaining 14 | | | | better attention and concentration abilities! |