Music training effects on fluency are largely null, with one case-control study reporting improved verbal fluency¶
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q2 i? One case-control study found significantly improved Verbal Fluency scores (p = 0.016) after at least 2 years of instrument-based training, but the remaining fluency studies found no significant association. → Rodriguez-Gomez DA and Talero-Gutiérrez C 2022
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Rodriguez-Gomez DA and Talero-Gutiérrez C 2022¶
Rodriguez-Gomez DA and Talero-Gutiérrez C (2022) Effects of music training in executive function performance in children: A systematic review. Front. Psychol. 13:968144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.968144
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The review's fluency domain covered seven articles with 572 children (n = 261 in music education), mean age 110.70 months. Only Zuk et al. (2014) showed "significantly improved scores in the "Verbal Fluency" subtest of the DKEFS battery ( p = 0.016)"; the rest were null.
"This study found significantly improved scores in the "Verbal Fluency" subtest of the DKEFS battery ( p = 0.016). However, the remaining studies in this domain did not identify a significant association between music education and fluency test results."
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Music training effects on fluency are largely null, with one case-control study reporting improved verbal fluency |
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Music training effects on fluency are largely null, with one case-control study reporting improved verbal fluency |
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