Music training can help individuals especially young children to perceive emotions in speech which may increase their ability to interpret human behaviour. Physical movement helps balance, coordination, self-esteem and body awareness. Movement associated with drama leads to improvements in adaptive social behaviour, body movement and gestures help children absorb ideas better and can act as memory aids.
References:
1. Phill-Silver, J., & Trainor, L.J. (2005). Feeling the beat: Movement influences infant rhythm perception. Science, 308, 1430.
2. Jakobson, L., Lewycky, S., Kilgour, A., & Stoesz, B. (2008). Memory for verbal and visual material in highly trained musicians. Music Perception, 26, 41-55 doi:10.1525/mp. 2008.26.1.41
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