Wrong Planet » Music https://wrongplanet.net Autism Community Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:13:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Study of music increases IQ https://wrongplanet.net/study-of-music-increases-iq/ https://wrongplanet.net/study-of-music-increases-iq/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:00:00 +0000 http://wpt1301.bptest.net/study-of-music-increases-iq/ The idea that studying music improves the intellect is not a new one, but at last there is incontrovertible evidence from a study conducted out of the University of Toronto.
The study, led by Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg, examined the effect of extra-curricular activities on the intellectual and social development of six-year-old children. A group of 144 children were recruited through an ad in a local newspaper and assigned randomly to one of four activities: keyboard lessons, voice lessons, drama lessons, or no lessons. Two types of music lessons were offered in order to be able to generalize the results, while the groups receiving drama lessons or no lessons were considered control groups in order to test the effect of music lessons over other art lessons requiring similar skill sets and nothing at all. The activities were provided for one year.

The participating children were given IQ tests before and after the lessons. The results of this study revealed that increases in IQ from pre- to post-test were larger in the music groups than in the two others.

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]]> The idea that studying music improves the intellect is not a new one, but at last there is incontrovertible evidence from a study conducted out of the University of Toronto. The study, led by Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg, examined the effect of extra-curricular activities on the intellectual and social development of six-year-old children. A group of 144 children were recruited through an ad in a local newspaper and assigned randomly to one of four activities: keyboard lessons, voice lessons, drama lessons, or no lessons. Two types of music lessons were offered in order to be able to generalize the results, while the groups receiving drama lessons or no lessons were considered control groups in order to test the effect of music lessons over other art lessons requiring similar skill sets and nothing at all. The activities were provided for one year. The participating children were given IQ tests before and after the lessons. The results of this study revealed that increases in IQ from pre- to post-test were larger in the music groups than in the two others.
Generally these increases occurred across IQ subtests, index scores, and academic achievement. Children in the drama group also exhibited improvements pre- to post-test, but in the area of adaptive social behavior, an area that did not change among children who received music lessons. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040820082332.htm

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]]> https://wrongplanet.net/study-of-music-increases-iq/feed/ 0 New Autism Charity to Test Treatment Claims https://wrongplanet.net/new-autism-charity-to-test-treatment-claims/ https://wrongplanet.net/new-autism-charity-to-test-treatment-claims/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://wpt1301.bptest.net/new-autism-charity-to-test-treatment-claims/ Awares.org and the The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK are reporting that a new charity today pledged to investigate the “exaggerated and misleading claims” of some of the hundreds of treatments available for people with autism.

The Autism Intervention Research Trust is to fund research into the effectiveness of interventions to find out which work, which do not and which are potentially hazardous.

Read on for more.

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]]> Awares.org and the The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK are reporting that a new charity today pledged to investigate the “exaggerated and misleading claims” of some of the hundreds of treatments available for people with autism.

The Autism Intervention Research Trust is to fund research into the effectiveness of interventions to find out which work, which do not and which are potentially hazardous. Read on for more.
There are many different treatments on offer for the 500,000 Britons with autism or similar conditions.

Some claim to offer a cure, while others promise to improve communication, interaction or the sensory disorders that many people with autism experience.

The interventions available include medication and education programmes, changes to a person’s diet or environment, and even swimming with dolphins.

However, the new Trust’s honorary secretary Richard Mills said that while many were very expensive, very few had actually been scientifically examined.

He said the Trust would attempt to establish which were “quack” treatments and which were effective.

“Hundreds of interventions are available, but very, very few have been independently evaluated and that is where the Trust comes in,” said Mr Mills, who is also the National Autistic Society’s director of research.

“We want to give parents and professionals peace of mind that the treatment route they are preparing to go down has been scientifically evaluated before they waste money and effort on approaches which could either be a waste of time, or in some cases hazardous.

“Some of these things are very expensive, with no back up evidence to support them. We are planning to raise significant amounts of money to evaluate most of the interventions currently in use.”

Trust chairman Geoffrey Maddrell said: “Hundreds of treatments and other methods of intervention are available but few have been scientifically evaluated and there are still large numbers for whom there is currently no effective help.

“In many instances, exaggerated or misleading claims are made for specific approaches.

“In the UK, only 8% of autism research activity is currently concerned with intervention and the new research trust has been established to address this vital need“.

Health Minister Stephen Ladyman added the Government’s backing to the new charity’s work.

“We recognise the importance of good quality research into autism and welcome all initiatives which aim to improve our knowledge and understanding of autistic spectrum disorders,” he said.

“We wish the Autism Intervention Research Trust every success in their work.”

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