They may not always appreciate your taste in music, but singing at, or better still with, young children has been found to improve their auditory skills. While formal musical training has been linked to brain plasticity, the first study into informal training, through parental singing or musical play, is published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. The results highlight the significance of informal musical experiences in enhancing the development of highly important auditory abilities in early childhood.
Full Story: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.12049/abstract
Citation: V. Putkinen, M. Tervaniemi, M. Huotilainen,” Informal musical ctivities are linked to auditory discrimination and attention in 2–3-year-old children: an event-related potential study”, European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley, 2012, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12049
