Community music lessons helpful for at-risk kids

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Community music lessons helpful for at-risk kids

By Shereen Lehman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Community-based music lessons for disadvantaged youth can have positive biological effects on their brains, a new study found. ?Music training directs children's attention to sounds, and teaches them to make sound-meaning connections, eventually leading to heightened biological processing of sound that is associated with superior academic performance,? study leader Nina Kraus told Reuters Health in an email. ...

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