The Young Brain

One of the most common misconceptions about music is that, when placed in the context of a classroom, it leads to distraction and poor academic results;  however, this could not be less true. Over the years, enough tests have been conducted, and enough humans of all ages have been tested for me to be able to say with absolute certainty that in fact, music has more powerful effects than most people realize.

Photo by Jason Jones

Let’s start with the children, shall we? As it is today, infants and toddlers already often benefit from music naturally, through songs that are filled with simple facts that can quickly become imprinted into their brains. One test that was performed on adolescents tested two types of brains - one that actively listening to and playing music consistently, and one that was not. 

Can you guess what the outcome was?

The results were so clear in showing the heightened brain activity and improved memory in the child who's life involved music that it's hard for me to understand why music education isn’t more of a requirement in schools.


If tests like this exist, why don't more people know how effective music is? It’s a crime that the government is taking money from the music departments at schools and cutting time for music class in order to have more academics.


I know everyone is different, so I must ask this question: do you feel that music helps or hurts your learning? This can be listening to background music while working, creating songs to help you learn, ect.