On the other hand, Patel says, there’s now a growing body of work that suggests that actually learning to play a musical instrument does have impacts on other abilities. These include speech perception, the ability to understand emotions in the voice and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
A bassist at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston plays during a recital rehearsal. Research has found music instruction has beneficial effects on young brains. Photo by Jesse Costa/WBUR. Image sourced from KQED. Available at: https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2014/07/cellist.jpg