Playing the violin makes children smarter

Violin lessons for children will benefit even if they do not get out of the great musicians. These classes generally make children smarter, as scientists have found.

Researchers at Concordia University in Montreal found that if a child begins to take violin lessons   aged 6-7 years, it will contribute to the accelerated development of his motor skills. Moreover, even if the second David Oistrakh this baby will not grow. And the longer the occupation continues, the more intelligent these children are in the following years.

For the development of motor skills it corresponds to that area of ​​the brain that controls movement and planning processes. But it is important to give the child to violin lessons   during. Only in the period between the sixth and the eighth year of his life he appears the same "window" in which music lessons affect the development of motor skills, which subsequently causes long-term changes in the brain.

"Playing a musical instrument requires a flawless coordination between the hands, as well as visual and auditory stimuli, - said study author professor of psychology at Virginia Penhyun. - The sooner the musician begins to exercise, the stronger is this link. Classes start at the age of seven years sooner just speed up the normal process of maturing bonds between motor and sensory areas of the brain, creating a very solid structure that, on the basis of which will be built the skills of the game. "

But the same assiduous lessons on the violin or the piano does not increase the chances of a child becoming a great musician. For it is not enough to possess the technique needed passion, sense of style, enthusiasm, personality and many other factors. (READ MORE)

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