Foreign surveys have found that children who learn piano or singing before the age of 6 have IQs that are about 3 points higher than those of other children of the same age. Experts said that this coincides with the "Mozart Effect" theory (that is, listening to Mozart's music can enhance problem-solving abilities), and should be related to the need to use brain memory and lyrical feelings in learning music.

The University of Toronto in Canada, which is responsible for the research, recruited a group of children before the age of 6 and divided them into four groups to learn piano, singing and drama respectively. The other group was not asked to write anything. However, the intelligence test 9 months later found that the IQ of all children had increased by 4.3 points, but the 2 groups that studied music had 2.7 points more than the other 2 groups.

Green, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus, has also conducted experiments on the idea that music can develop the brain and found that no matter what type of music it is, it can have different effects on 10-year-old boys. Brain development effect.

The theory of music *** brain is also effective for adults. Raucher, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, conducted an intelligence test on 36 psychology college students. Although the effect only lasted for 10 to 15 minutes, it was After playing the first movement of Mozart's "Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major", everyone's score was effectively improved by 8 to 9 points.

Experts say that learning music in early childhood has a significant effect on improving intelligence. However, when parents arrange for children to learn music, they should not be too demanding and should provide more encouragement and support to avoid counterproductive effects.

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