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The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents

This current study aimed to investigate the impact of drum training on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents with no prior drumming experience. Thirty-six autistic adolescents were recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups. The drum group received individual drum tuition (tw...

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Autores principales: Cahart, Marie-Stephanie, Amad, Ali, Draper, Stephen B., Lowry, Ruth G., Marino, Luigi, Carey, Cornelia, Ginestet, Cedric E., Smith, Marcus S., Williams, Steven C. R.
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Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9191342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35639696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106244119
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author Cahart, Marie-Stephanie
Amad, Ali
Draper, Stephen B.
Lowry, Ruth G.
Marino, Luigi
Carey, Cornelia
Ginestet, Cedric E.
Smith, Marcus S.
Williams, Steven C. R.
author_facet Cahart, Marie-Stephanie
Amad, Ali
Draper, Stephen B.
Lowry, Ruth G.
Marino, Luigi
Carey, Cornelia
Ginestet, Cedric E.
Smith, Marcus S.
Williams, Steven C. R.
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description This current study aimed to investigate the impact of drum training on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents with no prior drumming experience. Thirty-six autistic adolescents were recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups. The drum group received individual drum tuition (two lessons per week over an 8-wk period), while the control group did not. All participants attended a testing session before and after the 8-wk period. Each session included a drumming assessment, an MRI scan, and a parent completing questionnaires relating to the participants’ behavioral difficulties. Results showed that improvements in drumming performance were associated with a significant reduction in hyperactivity and inattention difficulties in drummers compared to controls. The fMRI results demonstrated increased functional connectivity in brain areas responsible for inhibitory control, action outcomes monitoring, and self-regulation. In particular, seed-to-voxel analyses revealed an increased functional connectivity in the right inferior frontal gyrus and the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. A multivariate pattern analysis demonstrated significant changes in the medial frontal cortex, the left and right paracingulate cortex, the subcallosal cortex, the left frontal pole, the caudate, and the left nucleus accumbens. In conclusion, this study investigates the impact of a drum-based intervention on neural and behavioral outcomes in autistic adolescents. We hope that these findings will inform further research and trials into the potential use of drum-based interventions in benefitting clinical populations with inhibition-related disorders and emotional and behavioral difficulties.
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spelling pubmed-91913422022-06-14 The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents Cahart, Marie-Stephanie Amad, Ali Draper, Stephen B. Lowry, Ruth G. Marino, Luigi Carey, Cornelia Ginestet, Cedric E. Smith, Marcus S. Williams, Steven C. R. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences This current study aimed to investigate the impact of drum training on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents with no prior drumming experience. Thirty-six autistic adolescents were recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups. The drum group received individual drum tuition (two lessons per week over an 8-wk period), while the control group did not. All participants attended a testing session before and after the 8-wk period. Each session included a drumming assessment, an MRI scan, and a parent completing questionnaires relating to the participants’ behavioral difficulties. Results showed that improvements in drumming performance were associated with a significant reduction in hyperactivity and inattention difficulties in drummers compared to controls. The fMRI results demonstrated increased functional connectivity in brain areas responsible for inhibitory control, action outcomes monitoring, and self-regulation. In particular, seed-to-voxel analyses revealed an increased functional connectivity in the right inferior frontal gyrus and the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. A multivariate pattern analysis demonstrated significant changes in the medial frontal cortex, the left and right paracingulate cortex, the subcallosal cortex, the left frontal pole, the caudate, and the left nucleus accumbens. In conclusion, this study investigates the impact of a drum-based intervention on neural and behavioral outcomes in autistic adolescents. We hope that these findings will inform further research and trials into the potential use of drum-based interventions in benefitting clinical populations with inhibition-related disorders and emotional and behavioral difficulties. National Academy of Sciences 2022-05-31 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9191342/ /pubmed/35639696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106244119 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by PNAS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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Cahart, Marie-Stephanie
Amad, Ali
Draper, Stephen B.
Lowry, Ruth G.
Marino, Luigi
Carey, Cornelia
Ginestet, Cedric E.
Smith, Marcus S.
Williams, Steven C. R.
The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title_full The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title_fullStr The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title_full_unstemmed The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title_short The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
title_sort effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents
topic Social Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9191342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35639696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106244119
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