Keeping Mozart in Mind

The demand for math and science skills in our technology-driven world is at a premium, and yet U.S. students continue to lag behind many other industrialized countries in these areas. This book, based on studies conducted on 8000 elementary school-aged children, proposes that not only is there a relationship between music and math comprehension, but that music can be utilized to heighten higher brain function and improve math skills. The enclosed CD-Rom includes (1) a recording of Allegro con spirito from Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K. 448), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Murra.  Read more... Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowlegments; Prologue; Part I: Higher Brain Function: Music, Mathematics, Chess; Chapter 1. History, Anecdotes, Correlations, and Interviews; Chapter 2. Spatial-Temporal and Language-Analytic Reasoning in Learning Math and Science; Chapter 3. Music Enhances Spatial-Temporal Reasoning; Chapter 4. Implications: Scientific, Educational, Clinical; Part II: Structured Brain and Symmetry; Chapter 5. Symmetry as a Common Theme