Do we need more music education?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | November 12, 2010 |

We recent­ly pub­lished an arti­cle exam­in­ing the “Mozart effect” and the con­clu­sions were that there is very lit­tle evi­dence that lis­ten­ing to music does boost men­tal func­tions. How­ev­er learn­ing to play an instru­ment does seem to do the trick. In this recent Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can arti­cle, the edi­tors point out that:

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Philosophy as the Missing Link in Our School’s Curriculum

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 12, 2008 |

A read­er and writer sent us over the week­end the arti­cle below as “an OpEd sub­mis­sion”. We are not a news­pa­per, and don’t have a for­mal OpEd sec­tion, but are delight­ed to pub­lish thought­ful, research-based pieces on top­ics relat­ed to life­long cog­ni­tive devel­op­ment and health. Here you are: —- Phi­los­o­phy as the Miss­ing Link An Eye-Opening…

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