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Debunking the Cognitive Benefits of Beethoven

A new study conducted by Ed.D. candidate Samuel Mehr, working in the lab of FAS professor Elizabeth Spelke and funded by The Dana Foundation, finds no evidence for cognitive benefits of music education. Mehr argues that this doesn't mean that music should not be taught in schools, rather music education advocates should argue for the intrinsic--not extrinsic--benefits of music.

 

 

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