Scientists Say Classical Music May Help People Improve Math Skills

Danny Leake began playing the piano at the age of 4. He is a genius with a strong memory. His father taught him mathematics when he was 5 years old. Leake hardly forget. His brain seems to adapt music and mathematics in a very harmonious way.

Over the past 50 years he has been a professor of mathematics in University of Maryland. He found that there are many links between mathematics and classical music.

He said that the association is that music has its own pattern, especially in Bach's music but there are many mathematical models as well. In fact, mathematics is about learning about patterns.

Music helps people to learn mathematics. Musicians and scientists are trying to thoroughly understand whether a person’s gift in music will benefit his other aspects of personal life. Although scientists are not quite sure how music education and performance enable a person in math and science skills, they do know that some of the cognitive abilities of musicians is relatively high.

Cognitive Neurology at Children's Hospital Boston laboratory chief researcher Nadine Gabor said: "If you play a musical instrument, your brain will show changes." 

Assistant professor of psychology at the University of Maryland Robert believes that when it comes to the relevance of musical ability and mathematical ability there may be many other factors. He believes that many of the features of music can really be expressed mathematically.