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New Research: Music Education and Neurophysiological Regulation in Early Childhood

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Music Education and Neurophysiological Regulation in Early Childhood: Should Teachers Guide or Get Out of the Way?

How much guidance do young, at-risk children in early music programs need for these programs to be effective tools for reducing stress and improving student-teacher interactions? WolfBrown researchers Drs. Dennie Palmer Wolf and Steven J. Holochwost and colleagues, including longtime collaborator Dr. Eleanor D. Brown, studied 76 children placed at-risk by poverty to find out.

Their research is now published at International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Wiley Periodicals

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