[HTML][HTML] Does music training enhance auditory and linguistic processing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral and brain evidence

L Neves, AI Correia, SL Castro, D Martins… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
It is often claimed that music training improves auditory and linguistic skills. Results of
individual studies are mixed, however, and most evidence is correlational, precluding …

Music training and nonmusical abilities

EG Schellenberg, CF Lima - Annual Review of Psychology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Music training is generally assumed to improve perceptual and cognitive abilities. Although
correlational data highlight positive associations, experimental results are inconclusive …

The impact of social robots' presence and roles on children's performance in musical instrument practice

H Song, EI Barakova, J Ham… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the educational applications of social robots has shown how they can motivate
children and help improve academic learning outcomes. Here, we examine how robots can …

The CrazySquare project for music learning in Italian school-age pre-adolescents: integrating technology into educational practice

S Peretti, F Caruso, MC Pino, M Giancola… - Journal of Computers in …, 2024 - Springer
The daily incorporation of music education and instrumental practice within school settings
has been linked to various advantages, such as enhanced language skills and improved …

[HTML][HTML] Nocturnal selective pressures on the evolution of human musicality as a missing piece of the adaptationist puzzle

MAC Varella - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human musicality exhibits the necessary hallmarks for biological adaptations. Evolutionary
explanations focus on recurrent adaptive problems that human musicality possibly solved in …

Heritability of childhood music engagement and associations with language and executive function: insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD …

DE Gustavson, S Nayak, PL Coleman, JR Iversen… - Behavior Genetics, 2023 - Springer
Music engagement is a powerful, influential experience that often begins early in life. Music
engagement is moderately heritable in adults (~ 41–69%), but fewer studies have examined …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive enrichment through art: a randomized controlled trial on the effect of music or visual arts group practice on cognitive and brain development of …

CE James, M Tingaud, G Laera, C Guedj… - … medicine and therapies, 2024 - Springer
Background The optimal stimulation for brain development in the early academic years
remains unclear. Current research suggests that musical training has a more profound …

Let me make mathematics and music together: A meta-analysis of the causal role of music interventions on mathematics achievement

A Akın - Educational Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims to conduct a fixed-effects meta-analysis to unpack the causal role of
music interventions on mathematics achievement. Findings indicated that music …

Making space for singing in the 21st century classroom–A focus group interview study with primary school music teachers in Sweden

EB Horwitz, DT Johnson, V Lyberg-Åhlander… - British Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The present study aimed to increase understanding of how singing activities may be initiated
in primary school, and what support and assistance teachers require to conduct singing …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive and neuroscientific perspectives of healthy ageing

JB Prince, H Davis, J Tan, K Muller-Townsend… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
With dementia incidence projected to escalate significantly within the next 25 years, the
United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, emphasising cognition …