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August 31, 2004New Research Provides The First Solid Evidence That The Study Of Music Promotes Intellectual DevelopmentSource: American Psychological Society The participating children were given IQ tests before and after the lessons. The results of this study revealed that increases in IQ from pre- to post-test were larger in the music groups than in the two others. Generally these increases occurred across IQ subtests, index scores, and academic achievement. Children in the drama group also exhibited improvements pre- to post-test, but in the area of adaptive social behavior, an area that did not change among children who received music lessons. This study is published in the August issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the American Psychological Society. View a PDF (78k) of the full article. E. Glenn Schellenberg is currently with the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. He can be reached via e-mail at g.schellenberg@utoronto.ca. Psychological Science is ranked among the top 10 general psychology journals for impact by the Institute for Scientific Information. The American Psychological Society represents psychologists advocating science-based research in the public's interest. Posted by at August 31, 2004 6:09 PMSubscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas |