Music targets one specific area of the brain to stimulate the use of spatial-temporal reasoning, which is useful in mathematical thinking. Research has found that there is a causal link between music and spatial intelligence, which means that understanding music can help children visualize various elements that should go together, like they would do when solving a math problem. Furthermore, according to the Center of the Developing Child at Harvard University, this involves the mental processes that allow the brain to plan, focus attention, remember instruction and successfully juggle multiple tasks.