An equal start: absence of group differences in cognitive, social, and neural measures prior to music or sports training in children

Dynamic Development of Regional Cortical Thickness and Surface Area in Early Childhood

(2014) Amanda E. Lyall et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Two Randomized Trials Provide No Consistent Evidence for Nonmusical Cognitive Benefits of Brief Preschool Music Enrichment

(2013) Samuel A. Mehr et al.   PLoS One

Organization and Reorganization of Sensory-Deprived Cortex

(2012) Patrice Voss et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

What Does It Mean to Be Musical?

(2012) Daniel J. Levitin   NEURON

Musical Training as a Framework for Brain Plasticity: Behavior, Function, and Structure

(2012) Sibylle C. Herholz et al.   NEURON

Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children☆☆☆

(2010) Sebastian Kirschner et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

The Effects of Musical Training on Structural Brain Development

(2009) Krista L. Hyde et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Training induces changes in white-matter architecture

(2009) Jan Scholz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Musical Training Influences Linguistic Abilities in 8-Year-Old Children: More Evidence for Brain Plasticity

(2008) Sylvain Moreno et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Training-Induced Brain Structure Changes in the Elderly

(2008) J. Boyke et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Practicing a Musical Instrument in Childhood is Associated with Enhanced Verbal Ability and Nonverbal Reasoning

(2008) Marie Forgeard et al.   PLoS One