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Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study
This study examined the effects of a school-based instrumental training program on the development of verbal and visual memory skills in primary school children. Participants either took part in a music program with weekly 45 min sessions of instrumental lessons in small groups at school, or they re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23267341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00572 |
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description | This study examined the effects of a school-based instrumental training program on the development of verbal and visual memory skills in primary school children. Participants either took part in a music program with weekly 45 min sessions of instrumental lessons in small groups at school, or they received extended natural science training. A third group of children did not receive additional training. Each child completed verbal and visual memory tests three times over a period of 18 months. Significant Group by Time interactions were found in the measures of verbal memory. Children in the music group showed greater improvements than children in the control groups after controlling for children’s socio-economic background, age, and IQ. No differences between groups were found in the visual memory tests. These findings are consistent with and extend previous research by suggesting that children receiving music training may benefit from improvements in their verbal memory skills. |
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spelling | pubmed-35280822012-12-24 Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study Roden, Ingo Kreutz, Gunter Bongard, Stephan Front Psychol Psychology This study examined the effects of a school-based instrumental training program on the development of verbal and visual memory skills in primary school children. Participants either took part in a music program with weekly 45 min sessions of instrumental lessons in small groups at school, or they received extended natural science training. A third group of children did not receive additional training. Each child completed verbal and visual memory tests three times over a period of 18 months. Significant Group by Time interactions were found in the measures of verbal memory. Children in the music group showed greater improvements than children in the control groups after controlling for children’s socio-economic background, age, and IQ. No differences between groups were found in the visual memory tests. These findings are consistent with and extend previous research by suggesting that children receiving music training may benefit from improvements in their verbal memory skills. Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3528082/ /pubmed/23267341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00572 Text en Copyright © 2012 Roden, Kreutz and Bongard. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Roden, Ingo Kreutz, Gunter Bongard, Stephan Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title | Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title_full | Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title_fullStr | Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title_short | Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal Study |
title_sort | effects of a school-based instrumental music program on verbal and visual memory in primary school children: a longitudinal study |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23267341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00572 |
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