Executive functions are cognitive control processes for regulating attention and behavior
and are of enormous importance for child development. Accordingly, it is desirable to find …

The purpose of this review of literature was to explore intersections between movement and
gesture, and to examine their effects on singing. Music educators have long championed the …

The ability to synchronise one's movements to the sound of a regular beat has been found to
be associated with children's language and reading abilities. Sensorimotor synchronisation …

Music early learning programs (MELPs) that provide music services to parents and carers of
children aged birth through 8 years are proliferating. Parents make significant financial and …

Research investigating effects of music instruction on executive functioning (EF) has yielded
mixed results, relying only on a small and inadequate number of true randomized and …

Rhythmic skills have been repeatedly found to relate to children's early literacy skills. Using
rhythmic tasks to predict language and reading performance seems a promising direction as …

Inhibition control is an essential executive function during children's development,
underpinning self-regulation and the acquisition of social and language abilities. This …

The present studies investigated the impacts of the different implementation of body
movement into classroom-based comprehensive music programs on the development of …

The present study explored longitudinal relations between musical abilities (discrimination,
auditory-visual connection) and precursor skills of reading (phonemic awareness, rapid …

Music-based approaches, including singing and movement, have received an extensive
examination by researchers. Previous study results have revealed that music-based …