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Preschool children who received keyboard training increased their mean score to over 85% above the national norm on standardized scores for spatial-temporal tasks (essential to math reasoning). Children who received computer language training instead of keyboard training ranked below the national norm.

From: "Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children's reasoning," Neurological Research 1997; 19:2.

Available here: Core Scientific Research - Core Scientific Research Trion Model of Higher Brain Function and Predictions - M.I.N.D. Institute