of how music education at early ages affects the development of the childrens brains compared to the development of the brains of children not experiencing music. When exposed to ongoing musical training at an early age, childrens brains begin to organize themselves and develop to their fullest capacity (Harvey). In the early years of childhood, neurons in the brain form connections with other neurons in the brain due to the experiences that the child encounters, and if these neutrons remain unstimulated during this time, the neutrons just die away and "are lost to that child for ever" (Russell). This is to show that an extensive music program should begin in pre-school or elementary school and continue on throughout the years, hopefully uninterrupted by budget cuts and fund-shifting. It has been proposed that music speeds up the neural firing patterns that deal with spatial-temporal relationships, thus helping to develop certain areas of the brain that are used for reading and comprehension(Russell). Before reaching the adolescent years, learning to play the piano or a stringed instrument can help students to have more brain development that increases the sensitivity of the nerves in the fingers, making them forever good with their hands. In another study entitled , "Musical and Spatial Task Performance," conducted by Francis Rauscher in 1993, the "Mozart Effect" was discovered. The subjects were a group a college students who were tested to see if music by Mozart had "any sort of effect on their spatial intelligence"(Rauscher). The students listened to Mozarts Sonata for Two Pianos for ten minutes, and were then given a test evaluating their spatial IQ. They scored about nine points higher on the test after being exposed to the music rather than listening to relaxation sounds or silence. Though this improvement only lasted about fifteen minutes, the study was repeated in 1994 and it was discovered that if the students liste...
