Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say. Brain scans of young adults revealed that those who had formal ...

Children who learn a musical instrument have faster brain responses as adults, a study has found. Researchers measured electrical activity in the region of the brain that processes sound while ...

Learning to play an instrument could be more beneficial than you think, and could even boost your brain power. Incredible brain scans show boosted connections in children after just nine months of ...

A new study has suggested that children who receive regular music lessons display increased brain function through the rest of their adult life. Research published in the journal PLOS One found that ...

A new study suggests that learning to play a musical instrument as a child could prevent cognitive decline in later life Credit: Photo: ALAMY Learning to play a musical instrument as a child could ...

It's a shocking idea. By zapping brains in maths lessons, scientists claim to have boosted students’ abilities by a third. Participants became quicker at calculating and learned up to five times ...