Improved Digit Span in Children after a 6-Week Intervention of Playing a Musical Instrument: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial.

Xia Guo Chie Ohsawa Akiko Suzuki Kaoru Sekiyama

Front Psychol

Division of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

Published: January 2018

Previous studies have reported that music training not only improves children's musical skills, but also enhances their cognitive functions. However, there is a disagreement about what domain(s) might be affected. Moreover, effects of short-term (

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