Associations between music education, intelligence, and spelling ability in elementary school

• Autorzy: Katrin Hille , Kilian Gust , Ulrich Bitz , Thomas Kammer

Abstrakty

EN

Musical education has a beneficial effect on higher cognitive functions, but questions arise whether associations between music lessons and cognitive abilities are specific to a domain or general. We tested 194 boys in Grade 3 by measuring reading and spelling performance, non verbal intelligence and asked parents about musical activities since preschool. Questionnaire data showed that 53% of the boys had learned to play a musical instrument. Intelligence was higher for boys playing an instrument (p< .001). To control for unspecific effects we excluded families without instruments. The effect on intelligence remained (p< .05). Furthermore, boys playing an instrument showed better performance in spelling compared to the boys who were not playing, despite family members with instruments (p< .01). This effect was observed independently of IQ. Our findings suggest an association between music education and general cognitive ability as well as a specific language link.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

music education; intelligence; literacy; spelling; cognitive development

• Wydawca: Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania w Warszawie
• Czasopismo: Advances in Cognitive Psychology
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 7
• Strony: 1-6

Twórcy

autor

Katrin Hille

• Transfercenter for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm, Germany

autor

Kilian Gust

• Transfercenter for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm, Germany

autor

Ulrich Bitz

• Transfercenter for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm, Germany

autor

Thomas Kammer

• Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Germany

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DOI

10.2478/v10053-008-0082-4