Researchers rounded up 232 kids ages six to 18 and used brain imaging techniques to draw their conclusions. “We found that kids who played any sort of musical instrument had less thinning in the area of the brain associated with emotional regulation and concentration,” study author James Hudziak, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont, tells Yahoo Parenting. His team pulled data from the NIH MRI study of Normal Brain Development, a population-based national sample. Link to full article: https://yahoo/parenting/hobbies-for-kids-with-real-psychological-benefits-106537821202.html
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:22:30 +0000
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