Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of
the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in …

Music training has traditionally been a fundamental component of children's education
across several cultures. Moreover, music training has been hypothesized to enhance the …

Music training has repeatedly been claimed to positively impact children's cognitive skills
and academic achievement (literacy and mathematics). This claim relies on the assumption …

Executive function is foundational for cognitive development. Previous research has shown
both gross motor skills and physical activity to be related to executive function. However …

This paper outlines the growth of interest in the UK in the social and health impacts of the
arts from the late 1990s onwards. It highlights the early critiques of claims made about such …

Far transfer rarely occurs, and a recent meta-analysis suggests that music is no exception.
The overall effect of musical training on cognition was claimed to be null when considering …

Building on her earlier work,'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of
Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and …

Playing a musical instrument engages various sensorimotor processes and draws on
cognitive capacities collectively termed executive functions. However, while music training is …

Studies have demonstrated positive associations between music lessons and executive
functions (EFs) in children. Because researchers have focused on comprehensive music …

Across existing research literature and among arts educators there is widespread belief that
artistic disciplines including music, dance, theatre, visual arts, literary arts, and media arts …