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SUBMITTER: Linnavalli T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993803 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Linnavalli Tanja T Putkinen Vesa V Lipsanen Jari J Huotilainen Minna M Tervaniemi Mari M
Scientific reports 20180608 1
Several studies have suggested that intensive musical training enhances children's linguistic skills. Such training, however, is not available to all children. We studied in a community setting whether a low-cost, weekly music playschool provided to 5-6-year-old children in kindergartens could already affect their linguistic abilities. Children (N = 66) were tested four times over two school-years with Phoneme processing and Vocabulary subtests, along with tests for Perceptual reasoning skills a ...[more]