Musical strategies to improve children’s memory in an educational context
- Diaz Abrahan, Veronika Mariana
- Bossio, Maximiliano Alejo
- Benitez, Maria Angelica
- Justel, Nadia
DOIAbstract
Music-based interventions and music lessons modulate cognitive functions, such as language or attention. However, the specific and differential effects of musical activities are a new focus of research. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of musical improvisation, a focal musical intervention, on the emotional memory of 4- and 5-year-old children. Each child individually looked at 24 neutral and emotional pictures and rated their valence and arousal. After that, the children were exposed to one of three interventions: musical improvisation (experimental intervention), musical reproduction (active control intervention), or rest (passive control intervention). Then, recall and recognition (immediate and deferred) were used t...
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