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The Child as Musician$
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Gary McPherson

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780198530329

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198530329.001.0001

Exposure to Music: The Truth about the Consequences

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(p. 111 ) Chapter 6 Exposure to Music: The Truth about the Consequences
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The Child as Musician
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E. Glenn Schellenberg

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198530329.003.0006

This chapter examines claims about non-musical consequences of exposure to music. Over the past ten years, the possibility that music makes one smarter has sparked the imagination of researchers, the popular press, and the general public. But is there any truth to this idea? If so, what is the evidence? The goal here is to answer these questions as well as possible by reviewing the relevant scholarly literature. Accordingly, the first section of this chapter examines consequences of music listening. The second section examines consequences of music lessons and performing.

Keywords:   music exposure, music listening, musical education, music lessons

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