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Skriven 2006-07-20 10:04:21 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
   Kommentar till text 3565 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: music 007
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Hello, MICHAEL.

20 Jul 06 08:06, you wrote to me:

 ML> I've never found a citation for this - can you help me out?

Unfortunately, it's something I saw on a newsmagazine years ago.  I'll look to
see if I can "back it up", but to me, it only makes sense! :)

 ML> I've had to chalk it up to "urban legend," but if you can steer
 ML> me in the right direction, I'd be much grateful.

I will try to find something.  And well, wouldn't you know...

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040619/fob6.asp

(June 2004)

"Six-year-olds who took weekly piano or singing lessons throughout the school
year exhibited an average IQ increase of 7.0 points, says psychologist E. Glenn
Schellenberg of the University of Toronto at Mississauga. Other 6-year-olds who
either took weekly drama lessons or received no extracurricular lessons
displayed an average IQ rise of 4.3 points, Schellenberg reports in the August
Psychological Science."

(Article is much longer in length)

...

http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun06/iq.html

(This is from June 2006)

"Organized music lessons appear to benefit childrens IQ and academic
performanceand the longer the instruction continues, the larger the effect,
according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Educational
Psychology (Vol. 98, No. 2)."

(Article is more complete)

...

I gained these results by typing "music students iq increase" into Google.
There's about 717,000 hits for it.  However, look carefully - there's also
articles about boosting your IQ by /listening/ to Mozart (and that's not what I
was looking for).

It only makes sense that doing something that is both creative, detailed and
demands exacting attention that would cause the brain to exercise and get
smarter.  I have always found that because I taught myself a few computer
languages (such as Pascal), I've found it easier to be able to understand
complicated things, break them down easier and "follow" them through to
completion (such as using a flowchart, et al.).

 ML> That's the prime purpose of the stuff, after all. If everyone who
 ML> were a musician, then nothing would get done. Of course, there
 ML> would maybe not be so much turmoil in the world, either.

We'd have composing wars or something. :>

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      Title: Swiss Breakfast Parfait
 Categories: Breakfast, Low-fat, Grains, Dairy, Fruits
      Yield: 4 Servings

      1 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked
           -- (quick or old-fashioned)
     16 oz Vanilla yogurt
           -- nonfat or lowfat
      8 oz Crushed pineapple in juice
           -- undrained
      2 tb Sliced almonds (optional)
      2 c  Sliced strawberries
           -- fresh or frozen

  In medium bowl, combine oats, yogurt, pineapple and almonds; mix well.
  Cover, refrigerate overnight or up to 4 days.  To serve, layer oat
  mixture and strawberries in 4 parfait glasses.  Garnish with
  additional strawberries, if desired.  Serve chilled.

  Nutrition Information (1 parfait): * Calories 240 * Fat 2g * Sodium
       80 mg * Dietary Fiber 4g

  Source: Quaker Oats Prize-Winning Recipes (Ann Dwyer) Copyright 1994,
  The Quaker Oats Company Reprinted with permission from The Quaker
  Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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Later,
Sean

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