ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Investigating the Impact of a Musical Intervention on Preschool Children's Executive Function.
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- Effects of music training on executive functions in preschool children aged 3-6 years: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of music training in executive function performance in children: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Self-directed music play to improve executive function in young children using NIRS.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Boosting executive function in children aged 3-12 through musical training: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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- Influence of rhythmic-movement activity intervention on hot executive function of 5- to 6-year-old children.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Development strategy of early childhood music education industry: An IFS-AHP-SWOT analysis based on dynamic social network.PloS one · 2024Article
- Executive Function Training for Deaf Children: Impact of a Music Intervention.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2021Article
- How Does Task Presentation Impact Motor Inhibition Performance in Young Children?Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Musical Training in the Development of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Sustained Effect of Music Training on the Enhancement of Executive Function in Preschool Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Beliefs and Values About Music in Early Childhood Education and Care: Perspectives From Practitioners.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The impact of music interventions on the cognitive skills of young children has become the focus of a growing number of research studies in recent years. This study investigated the effect of weekly musicianship training on the executive function abilities of 3-to-4-year-old children at a London, United Kingdom preschool, using a two-phase experimental design. In Phase 1, 14 children (Group A) took part in eight weekly musicianship classes, provided by a specialist music teacher, while 25 children (Groups B and C combined) engaged in nursery free play. Results of this Phase showed Group A to have improved on two measures relating to planning and inhibition skills. During Phase 2, Group A continued with music classes, while Group B began music classes for the first time and Group C took part in an art intervention. Repeated measures ANOVA found no significant difference in performance improvement between the three participant groups during phase 2; however, the performance difference between groups was nearing significance for the peg tapping task (
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