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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Rhythms of relief: perspectives on neurocognitive mechanisms of music interventions in ADHD.

Zhihui Luo, Da-Wei Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07544602 (Music Therapy for Comatose Brain Injured Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07544602 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Music Therapy for Comatose Brain Injured Patients

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorMercy Health OhioRan2026 to 2028Enrolled35ConditionsTraumatic Brain Injury
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zhihui LuoSchool of Educational Sciences, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Da-Wei ZhangDepartment of Psychology, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by multiple neurocognitive deficits. Research suggests that music interventions, both active and passive, may be an effective complementary method of addressing ADHD challenges. This narrative review discusses seven potential neurocognitive mechanisms through which music interventions may help mitigate or alleviate ADHD symptoms, including executive function enhancement, timing improvement, arousal regulation, default mode network modulation, neural entrainment, affective management, and social bonding facilitation. Our study synthesized evidence from ADHD-specific studies and examined parallels to other populations to identify possible pathways through which music therapy could exert its effect. The paper also discusses the implications of individualized music interventions tailored to specific neurocognitive profiles in ADHD, advocating additional research to refine and optimize these approaches. Overall, music therapy has substantial potential as a complementary treatment for ADHD, offering new avenues for addressing the psychosocial and cognitive aspects of this condition.

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ADHDbrain activityexecutive functionmusic interventionneurocognitive mechanismsocial bonding

Identifiers

PMID40099022
PMCPMC11911488

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