Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2014-304.11 |
Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| The impact of musical training on music-unrelated cognitive skills of first-graders
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Publication year: | 2018
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URL:
| http://www.appe.pt/past/2018/files/APPE18_ProgramaPosters.pdf
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Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Using a longitudinal approach, we examined the effects of musical training on reading-related skills, fluid intelligence, executive functioning and numerical cognition of first-grade 6-to-7-year-olds. Children were pre-tested at the onset of the school year, assigned to either musical training, basketball training or control groups, and they were post-tested after 9 months. Compared to the control group, the music group showed stronger enhancements in verbal working memory, phonological awareness, fluid intelligence and executive functioning, while the basketball group only did so for fluid intelligence. Numerical cognition showed no effects of music or basketball training. Our findings highlight the privileged potential of musical training to foster music-unrelated skills in early school-years.
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Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Dias, S.
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Secondary author(s):
| Oliveira, A. R., Gouveia, J., Martins, M., Silva, S. , Castro, S. L.
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Document type:
| Online abstract
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Dias, S., Oliveira, A. R., Gouveia, J., Martins, M., Silva, S., & Castro, S. L. (2018). The impact of musical training on music-unrelated cognitive skills of first-graders. Paper presented at the 13th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology, Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Abstract retrieved from http://www.appe.pt/past/2018/files/APPE18_ProgramaPosters.pdf
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Indexed document: | No
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Keywords: | Music training / Reading skills
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The impact of musical training on music-unrelated cognitive skills of first-graders |