Book DescriptionThe demand for math and science skills in our technology-driven world is at a premium, and yet U S students continue to lag behind many other industrialized countries in these areas This book, based on studies conducted on 8000 elementary school-aged children, proposes that not only is there a relationship between music and math огчеь comprehension, but that music can be utilized to heighten higher brain function and improve math skills The enclosed CD-Rom includes (1) a recording of Allegrocon spirito from Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K 448), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu, courtesy of Sony ClassicalTM, and (2) a descriptive interactive version of S T A R TM (Spatial-Temporal Animation Reasoning) software program While this book's discussion of the breakthroughs in understanding of spatial-temporal reasoning abilities will be of particular interest to neuroscientists and cognitive researchers, the book is also accessible to parents and educators * Presents the theory that music exercises higher brain function and can enhance math comprehension * Details how music training coupled with special-temporal reasoning (thinking in pictures) can dramatically impact a child's ability to understand and master math * Includes an interactive CD-ROM with math games.  Nationa2003 г 400 стр ISBN 0126390614.