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Article evaluation

Everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. Nothing distracted me from the main purpose of the article. The information is not out of date since the earliest source is 2003 and the latest source is 2011. I do not see anything missing that could be added or anything else that could be improved. The article has a neutral tone and is completely unbiased. For the most part, each viewpoint is equally represented although, the section about extraversion is much longer than any other section. The links cited work and most lead to reliable journals. On the talk page, a comment about a missing section in the article was made in 2012 but this appears to have been corrected because it is present in the article now.

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1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_education   The article's content is relevant to the topic and cites philosophies relating to the topic. It is written neutrally and shows now bias. There are claims in the    article that are not cited such as a claim speaking of Plato's Republic and its mention of compulsory education. All citations appear to be reliable.

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Headteacher_and_Governors_of_Denbigh_High_School,_ex_p_Begum  The article's content is relevant to the topic as it retells the events that took place. It is written neutrally and shows no bias. Each claim does not have a    citation and the part of the article introducing the case has no citations at all.

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlquist_v._Cranston  The article's content is relevant to the topic and is written neutrally. Each claim has a reliable citation.

First Edit
1) Under the section "Structure," the subsection "Nerve Fibers," talks about myelination, one of the parts of the development process of the corpus callosum. This is a vital part of the article and a definition must be added.

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The size, amount of myelination, and density of the fibers in the subregions relate to the functions of the brain regions they connect.[7] Thinner, lightly myelinated fibres are slower conducting and they connect the association and prefrontal areas. Thicker and fast-conducting fibers connect the visual and motor areas.[8]

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The size, amount of myelination, and density of the fibers in the subregions relate to the functions of the brain regions they connect.[7] '''Myelination is the process of coating neurons with myelin, which helps the transfer of information between neurons. The process is believed to occur until an individuals thirties with peak growth in the first decade of one’s life.''' Thinner, lightly myelinated fibres are slower conducting and they connect the association and prefrontal areas. Thicker and fast-conducting fibers connect the visual and motor areas.[8]

Second Edit
2) Under the "Other Correlations" portion of the article, there is information about how music affects the corpus callosum but it is very unspecific. In addition to myelination, music education mostly affects the brain during synaptogenesis, specifically during the pruning process. This is because by using certain synapses by practicing music, these synapses are less likely to get eliminated in the pruning process.

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Musical training has shown to increase plasticity of the corpus callosum during a sensitive period of time in development. The implications are an increased coordination of hands, differences in white matter structure, and amplification of plasticity in motor and auditory scaffolding which would serve to aid in future musical training. The study found children who had begun musical training before the age of six (minimum 15 months of training) had an increased volume of their corpus callosum and adults who had begun musical training before the age of 11 also had increased bimanual coordination.[26]

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Musical training has shown to increase plasticity of the corpus callosum during a sensitive period of time in development, '''known as synaptogenesis. Synaptogenesis is the surge in the formation of new synapses in the brain. When this process is over, synaptic pruning begins. This pruning process strengthens synaptic connections that are habitually used and eliminates the ones that are not.''' The implications are an increased coordination of hands, differences in white matter structure, and amplification of plasticity in motor and auditory scaffolding which would serve to aid in future musical training. The study found children who had begun musical training before the age of six (minimum 15 months of training) had an increased volume of their corpus callosum and adults who had begun musical training before the age of 11 also had increased bimanual coordination.[26]

Third Edit
3) The article talks about the auditory pathway but doesn't talk about music's direct affect on the auditory pathway.

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Under "Neurological Bases" right before the subsection "Pitch".

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Auditory Pathway

Children who study music have shown increased development in the auditory pathway after only two years. The development could accelerate language and reading development.