Poverty-stricken areas children's reading level is generally low, which results in a gap in education to some extent.
However, some studies suggested that a regular music lessons can improve reading ability and ability to respond to the sound of the brain.
In the United States, studies have shown that learning musical instruments or singing can help poor children improve their reading skills.
"American Psychological Association" paper (American Psychological Association) on the show, compared with those who did not receive music education peers on a year music class, 9-10 year-old children are reading ability there steadily.
In another group of children who received music education, the researchers also found that they are better able to process sound and language.
We found that learning music can change the central nervous system in order to establish better learning mode.
The study by Dr. Nina Kraus of Northwestern University launched hundreds of children from poor areas of Chicago and Los Angeles high schools participated in the study.
Her earlier studies had indicated that learning music can improve concentration and memory of children in class, because it can improve the neurological function. However, most of the research is limited to a relatively affluent family of children, rather than poor children.
In the course of the study, Dr. Kraus Organization found children on a regular basis for more than five hours of music lessons a week can prevent the loss of their reading skills, which is what one would expect in poor areas.
Positive effect
As part of the music program, another group of young students from poor areas of Chicago, a day to participate in band or choir training at training school.
The researchers recorded their brain waves to evaluate their response to sound.
Poverty-stricken areas children's reading level is generally low, which results in the education gap.
The researchers recorded their brain waves to assess their ability to react to sound.
The results show that, compared with the music did not participate in any activity of the control group, after two years of musical training after the music group can be faster and more accurate identification of different sounds from a noisy background.
Dr. Kraus says the study shows that music has a positive effect on the brain's learning function, but this is a long process.
"Research shows that children in poor areas of the brain are some differences with others, and this affects their ability to learn." He explained
"Despite the rich kids more excellent performance, but the music training can alter the nervous system, to compensate for differences in education." After all, the child's intelligence, ability to read all on the same starting line.
All the kids at school just IQ and reading ability are similar.
Dr. Kraus says, the music seems to reshape the brain, strengthen the links between voice and semantic, and this process is the process of infants and young children learn words. Growing up in poverty-stricken areas and low-educated mothers are more likely to have children "noisy brain," she said.
This is because they are less likely to know a lot of words, so they sound and the ability to respond to the language of the worse.
"And between the central nervous system can make the casual music to sound more responsive," Dr. Kraus explained.
The children involved in the study plan are in harmony (Harmony Project) beneficiaries, which aims to provide free instruments and music lessons for American suburban students.
(Translation: Holy Tang review: Source: BBC)
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