New paper out in Cognition: sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Does music training enhance emotion recognition and cognitive abilities in children? A 2-year longitudinal study found no effect on emotion recognition in voices and faces compared to basketball training or no training.
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Does music training improve emotion recognition and cognitive abilities? Longitudinal and correlational evidence from children
Music training is widely claimed to enhance nonmusical abilities, yet causal evidence remains inconclusive. Moreover, research tends to focus on cogni…