Practicing Music Makes us Smarter
"Music does make you smarter, but that doesn’t apply to any kind of interaction with music. Rather, the evidence is clear that these benefits are associated with practicing music. Simply listening to music will not have any long-term impact. The popular notion that listening to Mozart will make your child a genius is a media myth. But studying music and learning an instrument are associated with improved cognitive abilities over the course of a life." Dr Sean Hutchins, Neuroscientist with the Royal Conservatory of Music