Keeping time: How musical training may boost cognition

by M. Florencia Assaneo, Fernando Lizcano-Cortés, Pablo Ripolles

The relationship between musical training and intellect is controversial. A new hypothesis may help resolve the debate by proposing an explanation for how training in rhythmic skills can improve cognitive abilities in some individuals, but not others. The relationship between musical training and intellect is controversial. This Perspective discusses a new hypothesis that may help to resolve the debate by explaining how training in rhythmic skills might improve cognitive abilities in some individuals, but not others.