Only one identified study found improved visuospatial working memory after music training¶
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q2 i? In an 8-month German RCT (n = 94), ANOVA revealed a significant group effect in visuospatial working memory subtests favoring music training. → Rodriguez-Gomez DA and Talero-Gutiérrez C 2022
Evidence¶
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 reports that in the Frischen et al. (2021) RCT, 25 children received a music arts program once weekly for 45 min for 8 months, and "ANOVA analysis revealed a significant group effect in inhibitory control and visuospatial working memory subtests."
"The only study to identify improved performance in visuospatial WM was that by Frischen et al. (2021) in a German sample ( n = 94, mean age: 78.67 months)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- In adolescents, prior music training was associated with faster test completion times but no executive function performance differences
- Music training RCTs show improved verbal working memory (backward digit span), but not visuospatial or forward-span tasks — related
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Only one identified study found improved visuospatial working memory after music training |
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Only one identified study found improved visuospatial working memory after music training |
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2022 |
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1 — rodriguez-gomez-da-and-talero-gutiérrez-c-2022 |
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