Music lessons may rev up young brains enough to help close the academic gap between rich and poor, a new study suggests.Researchers from Northwestern University found that after two years of music ...

The study's lead author Giovanni Sala: “Our study shows that the common idea that ‘music makes children smarter’ is incorrect.” Credit: Photo by Elmer Cañas on Unsplash “Our study shows that the ...

The Russian-born, American composer, Igor Stravinsky, was known to be critical of the American parent's attitude toward music lessons as a leisure activity or hobby. In many cultures outside of the ...

Scientists have observed that reading ability scales with socioeconomic status. Yet music might help close the gap, according to Nina Kraus and her colleagues at Northwestern University. Kraus's team ...