Title | Short-term second language and music training induces lasting functional brain changes in early childhood. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Moreno S, Lee Y, Janus M, Bialystok E |
Journal | Child Dev |
Volume | 86 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 394-406 |
Date Published | 2015 Mar-Apr |
ISSN | 1467-8624 |
Keywords | Auditory Perception, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Evoked Potentials, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Learning, Male, Multilingualism, Music, Neuronal Plasticity |
Abstract | Immediate and lasting effects of music or second-language training were examined in early childhood using event-related potentials. Event-related potentials were recorded for French vowels and musical notes in a passive oddball paradigm in thirty-six 4- to 6-year-old children who received either French or music training. Following training, both groups showed enhanced late discriminative negativity (LDN) in their trained condition (music group-musical notes; French group-French vowels) and reduced LDN in the untrained condition. These changes reflect improved processing of relevant (trained) sounds, and an increased capacity to suppress irrelevant (untrained) sounds. After 1 year, training-induced brain changes persisted and new hemispheric changes appeared. Such results provide evidence for the lasting benefit of early intervention in young children. |
DOI | 10.1111/cdev.12297 |
Alternate Journal | Child Dev |
PubMed ID | 25346534 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC4376572 |
Grant List | R01 HD052523 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States R01HD052523 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States |