ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Sustained Effect of Music Training on the Enhancement of Executive Function in Preschool Children.
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- The effects of physical activity on executive function in preschool children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Can music activity training improve self-control among preschool children? Evidence from an 8-week intervention experiment.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- A Randomized Proof-of-Concept Study of Gamified Rhythmic Training in Autistic Children.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Trial
- Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d'Ivoire.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent-child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old: A randomized controlled trial.Child developmentTrial
- Early Childhood Movement- and Arts-Based Experiences and Executive Functions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Differential effects of child-appropriate music styles on executive function in preschool children: a longitudinal experimental study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Impact of Education and Music Training on the Development of Abstract Thinking in the First Years of Schooling.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2026Article
- The mindful movement program in primary schools: a single-arm pilot intervention study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Boosting executive function in children aged 3-12 through musical training: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of a movement and music programme on activity, sedentary, and sleep behaviours and motor and musical skills in young children: protocol for the MoviMusi cluster randomised controlled trial.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- PROTOCOL: Key characteristics of effective preschool-based interventions to promote self-regulation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Article
- The difference of affect improvement effect of music intervention in aerobic exercise at different time periods.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Singing and Social Identity in Young Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- 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
- Domain-specific and domain-general contributions to reading musical notation.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2021Article
- Effects of Music Training on the Auditory Working Memory of Chinese-Speaking School-Aged Children: A Longitudinal Intervention Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Neural Advantages of Older Musicians Involve the Cerebellum: Implications for Healthy Aging Through Lifelong Musical Instrument Training.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Musical training is an enrichment activity involving multiple senses, including auditory, visual, somatosensorial, attention, memory, and executive function (EF), all of which are related to cognition. This study examined whether musical training enhances EF in preschool children who had not undergone previous systematic music learning. This study also explored the after-effects 12 weeks after cessation of musical training. Participants were 61 preschool children from a university-affiliated kindergarten in North China. The experimental group underwent 12 weeks of integrated musical training (i.e., music theory, singing, dancing, and role-playing), while the control group performed typical daily classroom activities. The three components (inhibitory control, working memory, cognitive flexibility) of executive functions were evaluated using the Day/Night Stroop, Dimensional Change Card Sort, Dot Matrix Test, and Backward Digit Span Task. In Experiment 1, EFs were tested twice-before (T1) and after (T2) the music training. The results showed that children's EFs could be promoted by musical training. In addition, EFs were tested again 12 weeks later after the end of the intervention (T3) in Experiment 2. We discovered that integrated musical training demonstrated a sustained promotion effect.
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