ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Listening to Mozart Improves Current Mood in Adult ADHD - A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.
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- Effects of Music on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Potential Application in Serious Video Games: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of music therapy as an alternative treatment on depression in children and adolescents with ADHD by activating serotonin and improving stress coping ability.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Trial
- How Familiarity, Musical Affinity, and ADHD Shape Adolescents' Perception of Musical Emotions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Intersection of ADHD and Music: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The role of music in ADHD: A multi-dimensional computational and theoretical analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Rhythms of relief: perspectives on neurocognitive mechanisms of music interventions in ADHD.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Listening habits and subjective effects of background music in young adults with and without ADHD.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Effects of White Noise on Attentional Performance and On-Task Behaviors in Preschoolers with ADHD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mental health and music engagement: review, framework, and guidelines for future studies.Translational psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
Emotional lability is a common problem in adult patients with ADHD and is usually treated with methylphenidate. It is generally known that music can be used to improve mood in healthy adults. Therefore, this study was conducted to test the suitability of music as a possible non-pharmacological measure to improve mood. Forty patients with ADHD and 44 healthy control subjects were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions. The first group (music group) listened to Mozart's music (KV 448) for 10 min while the second group remained in a silent room for 10 min (silence group). Subjective arousal and mood were assessed using self-report questionnaires before and after each condition. We showed that music listening led to a decrease in negative mood (sadness and hopelessness) in the ADHD group as well as in healthy controls. This effect was not evident in both silence groups.
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