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Longitudinal effects of group music instruction on literacy skills in low-income children.
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- Music training with Démos program positively influences cognitive functions in children from low socio-economic backgrounds.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Musical Competence is Predicted by Music Training, Cognitive Abilities, and Personality.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Music participation, global cortical morphometry, and later language outcomes in the ABCD study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Music and Language in the Human Brain: Mismatch Negativity Evidence for Their Neuroplasticity and Interplay.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Review
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- A Home-Based Approach to Auditory Brainstem Response Measurement: Proof-of-Concept and Practical Guidelines.Seminars in hearing · 2022Review
- Learning to play a musical instrument in the middle school is associated with superior audiovisual working memory and fluid intelligence: A cross-sectional behavioral study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Formal String Instrument Training in a Class Setting Enhances Cognitive and Sensorimotor Development of Primary School Children.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- Music Education at School: Too Little and Too Late? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study on Music Training in Preadolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Neural correlates of phonological processing: Disrupted in children with dyslexia and enhanced in musically trained children.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2018Article
- Music playschool enhances children's linguistic skills.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Rhythm and Melody Tasks for School-Aged Children With and Without Musical Training: Age-Equivalent Scores and Reliability.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Variations on the theme of musical expertise: cognitive and sensory processing in percussionists, vocalists and non-musicians.The European journal of neuroscience · 2017Article
- An Association between Auditory-Visual Synchrony Processing and Reading Comprehension: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence.Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2017Article
- Neural Entrainment and Sensorimotor Synchronization to the Beat in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: An EEG Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Music Interventions and Child Development: A Critical Review and Further Directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Review
- Neural correlates of accelerated auditory processing in children engaged in music training.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2016Article
- Music training alters the course of adolescent auditory development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
- Neural Mechanisms Underlying Musical Pitch Perception and Clinical Applications Including Developmental Dyslexia.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
Children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds tend to fall progressively further behind their higher-income peers over the course of their academic careers. Music training has been associated with enhanced language and learning skills, suggesting that music programs could play a role in helping low-income children to stay on track academically. Using a controlled, longitudinal design, the impact of group music instruction on English reading ability was assessed in 42 low-income Spanish-English bilingual children aged 6-9 years in Los Angeles. After one year, children who received music training retained their age-normed level of reading performance while a matched control group's performance deteriorated, consistent with expected declines in this population. While the extent of change is modest, outcomes nonetheless provide evidence that music programs may have value in helping to counteract the negative effects of low-socioeconomic status on child literacy development.
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