Rate My Professor Eugenia Costa-Giomi

Her research specializations encompass music perception and cognition in childhood, non-musical benefits of music instruction, music learning and development, and the cognitive, social, and health benefits of music participation. Key publications include "The Effects of Three Years of Piano Instruction on Children's Cognitive Development" (Journal of Research in Music Education, 1999), "Effects of Three Years of Piano Instruction on Children's Academic Achievement, School Performance and Self-Esteem" (Psychology of Music, 2004), "Piano Lessons of Beginning Students Who Persist or Drop Out" (Journal of Research in Music Education, 2005), "The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Music Instruction on Intelligence and General Cognitive Abilities" (Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015), and "Infant Vocal Imitation of Music" with L. Benetti (Journal of Research in Music Education, 2020). Costa-Giomi has secured grants and fellowships from organizations such as the GRAMMY Foundation, National Piano Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and various Ohio State University initiatives. She has contributed to editorial boards including the Journal of Research in Music Education, Psychology of Music, and Empirical Musicology Review, and chaired the Society for Research in Music Education, the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, the Music Perception SRIG of MENC, and the Early Childhood SRIG of NAfME.