Fact of the Week #55

Fact of the Week #55: Cognitive neuroscientists at seven major universities have found strong links between arts education and cognitive development (e.g.thinking, problem solving, concept understanding, information processing and overall intelligence.) According to the Dana Consortium study, Learning, Arts, and the Brain (2008) children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas. www.providenceri.com