Music Advocacy Facts

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In a study of 132 six-year-olds who participated in weekly music lessons for 36 weeks, it was found that keyboard students' mean IQ scores increased by 6.1 points and voice lesson students' mean IQ scores increased by 7.6 points over the course of the study.

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

Available here: American Psychological Society

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