El Sistema and the Transformational Power of Music
By
Anne McIlroy
The Globe and Mail
July 05, 2011
People focus so much on cognitive benefits. I think there are some, but I don't think they are as large as people would like them to be," says Laurel Trainor, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton who studies music and the developing brain. "I think the social and emotional benefits are just enormous and we are just starting to comprehend that.
