Music Advocacy Facts

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Musicians have larger planum temporale (brain region related to some reading skills) than non-musicians.

From: "In vivo morphometry of interhem ispheric assymetry and connectivity in musicians." (1994). In I. Deliege (Ed.), Proceedings of the 3d international conference for music perception and cognition (pp. 417-418). Liege, Belgium.

Available here: MENC - Benefits of Music Education Brochure, Spring 2002