音乐培训能够提高年轻人记忆力

　　Parents who spend time and money to teach their childrenmusic,take heart -- a new Canadian study shows young children whotakemusic lessons have better memories than theirnonmusicalpeers(1).The study, to be published in the online editionof thejournal Brain on Wednesday, showed that after one year ofmusicaltraining, children performed better in a memory test thanthose whodid not take music classes.The research tells us that ifyou takemusic lessons your brain is getting wired up differentlythan ifyou dont take music lessons, Laurel Trainor, professorofpsychology, neuroscience(2) and behavior at McMaster UniversityinHamilton, Ontario, said.This is the first study to show thatbrainresponses in young, musically trained and untrained childrenchangedifferently over the course of a year, said Trainor who ledthestudy.Over a year they took four measurements in two groupsofchildren aged between four and six -- those taking musiclessonsand those taking no musical training outside school -- andfounddevelopmental changes over periods as short as fourmonths.Thechildren completed a music test in which they were askedtodiscriminate(3) between harmonies, rhythms and melodies, andamemory test in which they had to listen to a series ofnumbers,remr them and repeat them back.Trainor said while previousstudieshave shown that older children given music lessons hadgreaterimprovements in IQ scores than children given drama lessons,thisis the first study to identify these effects inbrain-basedmeasurements in young children.She said it was not thatsurprisingthat children studying music improved in musicallistening skillsmore than children not studying music.On the otherhand, it isvery interesting that the children taking music lessonsimprovedmore over the year on general memory skills that arecorrelatedwith nonmusicalabilities such as literacy(4), verbalmemory,visiospatial processing, mathematics and IQ, shesaid.1.peer：同等的人2.neuroscience：神经系统科学(编辑:赵露)花费金钱和时间让孩子们学习音乐的家长们注意了，这里有一条振奋人心的消息：一项新的加拿大研究显示，学习音乐的小孩比不学的拥有更佳的记忆力。研究显示，在记忆测试中，经过一年音乐培训的孩子比未经培训的孩子表现突出。研究将刊登在周三《动脑》杂志在线版。安大略省麦马斯达大学心理学、神经系统科学和行为教授劳雷尔·特莱诺尔说：“研究告诉我们，音乐培训能够让你的大脑的生长与众不同。”主研究员特莱诺尔说：“研究首次证明，经过一年的音乐培训，受训与未受训孩子的大脑反应有所区别。”一年中，研究人员把一群4到6岁的孩子们分成两组，分别进行四次测试。其中一组接受音乐培训，另一组不接受任何校外音乐培训，结果发现每四个月，孩子们的发育就会产生变化。在音乐测试中，孩子们必须分辨出不同的和弦、节奏和旋律；在记忆测试中，他们会听到一串数字，然后重复出来。特莱诺尔说之前曾有研究显示，学习音乐时间越长的孩子比学习戏剧的孩子拥有更高的智商，此次研究首次证实了音乐对小孩脑部的影响。她说，毫无疑问学习过音乐的孩子在听音乐技巧上比没学过的孩子强。“有趣的是，另一方面，学过音乐的孩子在其他非音乐方面的进步也更快，例如读写、背诵、视觉处理、数学和智商。”中国国际广播电台译3.discriminate：辨别4. literacy：读写能力