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Literature Review

The Impact of Music on childhood and Adolescence Achievement Darby E. Southgate, Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University

Darby and Vincent studied the influence of music and academics in childhood and in adolescence by making the students and parents participate in programs at school and outside schools. They used the OLS regression techniques to know the types and patterns of music and their impact on the school students at different levels. They proposed that music involvement and its outcomes differ on the basis of class, gender, age and background. After a series of analysis and research it was seen that students who involve music in their schedule tend to enjoy and achieve their tasks flexibly as compared to the other children’s. They suggested that music involvement increases achievement levels and greatly affects their academics.

Can music Influence Language and Cognition? Sylvain Moreno

Sylvain Moreno conducted a detailed analysis of the involvement of music on language and music being a tool for improving behavioral performance of different domains. He reviewed the recent Neuroscience Research and its future directions. He did analysis to review the nuero imaging literature and found that music training and practice is capable of modulating the functions of the brain. This art of music involvement proved very beneficial as it had lot of potentials to enhance the nuero functions and increase and nurture the abilities of a human being. Patel and Daniel the hypothesis and suggested that spoken language influences the instrumental music. Music can be applied to cognitive areas like language and motor skills (Gaser and Schlaug, 2003). A research program also analyzed the positive effects of classroom music lessons on increasing the skills of the children’s (Overy, 2003).Schlaug and his colleagues conducted a program on Melodic Intonation Therapy and observed that aphasic patients are better at singing than speaking. They also mentioned that Music Training Project (MTP) and Smart kid Training (SKT) software’s help to enhance memory, language, reading and intelligence..