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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High school kids do workout videos alone at home?! I've seriously never heard of such a thing. And yes, I find that really odd. I'm not sure why, but I do. I get the sense that this isn't a member of the football team trying to bulk up in the off-season in his backyard with a weight set.

Learning to play piano alone using an app on a device? You don't play an instrument, do you?

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I do not play an instrument, and I’m trying to fathom how I’ve been harmed.
My family could not afford music lessons growing up. My brother taught himself to play guitar as an adult, and now he writes songs and plays in a band.[/quote]

NP. Harmed isn’t the right word.  That being said, there are documented, lifelong cognitive benefits to learning an instrument in childhood, including later appreciation and processing of music, memory, attention span and protection against age related neural decline.

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The studies you refer to are likely confounded by the fact that wealthy kids with other andvantages are more likely to take music lessons. I managed to get a full academic scholarship to college and a PhD in neuroscience without musical training. But by all means, keep forcing your kid to play that violin in hopes that they get an extra IQ point or two. [/quote]

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