Music Advocacy Facts

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Mean IQ scores of 132 six-year-olds who participated in weekly music lessons for 36 weeks were higher than those of six-year-olds who did not participate in any lessons. Students who took voice lessons had mean IQ scores 8.1 points higher, and keyboard students had mean IQ scores 5.4 points higher than students who did not participate.

From: Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.

Available here: American Psychological Society

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