Make music, hike IQ
From the "let's call up Zorbs for some piano lessons" files:
Music lessons may boost IQ scores of children, suggests research by Dr. Glenn Schellenberg of the University of Toronto at Mississauga published in the journal Psychological Science.
The study of 6-year-olds found that those who took music lessons for one year gained more points on IQ tests. The benefit was small, but was seen in math, language and spatial skills.