Music Instruction Aids Verbal Memory: Hong Kong Study Explored the Possibility that Music Training Changes the Left Brain, Aiding Other Left-Brain Operations

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Left Brain ◽  
Brain Operations

Music training and the academic achievement of Hong Kong students

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne M. Tai ◽  
Shane N. Phillipson ◽  
Sivanes Phillipson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Effect Of Age

Many Hong Kong Chinese parents believe that music training enhances the academic achievement of their children. The current study investigates the relationship between the extent and outcome of students’ music training, their perceptions of the value of the subjects they study and their academic achievement. A total of 286 students in Primary 4, 5 and 6 from one school in Hong Kong reported the extent and outcome of their music training, including the number of instruments they studied, the number of years spent training, highest grade and highest level achieved. For value, students completed a subscale of the Achievement Task Value Questionnaire to measure their liking and interest, perceived importance and usefulness of their school subjects. A nested structural equation model showed that, for both boys and girls, the extent and outcome of music training positively predicts academic achievement in Chinese, English and mathematics. Furthermore, the model shows that for both boys and girls, students’ perceived value of their school subjects negatively predicts academic achievement in Chinese, and age has a direct and negative effect on mathematics achievement. For girls, age positively moderates the extent and outcome of music training on academic achievement whereas the moderator effect of age on students’ perceived value of academic subjects is non-significant. For boys, in contrast, the moderator effect of age on extent and outcome of music training is non-significant, whereas its effect on students’ perceived value of academic subjects is negative. In broad terms, the results show that parents are justified in believing that music training is positively related to academic achievement. However, the results differ for boys and girls in connection to the role of age in this relationship.

Memory for Verbal and Visual Material in Highly Trained Musicians

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna S. Jakobson ◽  
Samantha T. Lewycky ◽  
Andrea R. Kilgour ◽  
Brenda M. Stoesz
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Delayed Recall ◽  
Semantic Clustering ◽  
List Learning ◽  
Delayed Recognition ◽  
Initial List

INTEREST IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS of extensive music training on nonmusical perceptual and cognitive abilities has grown in recent years. Here, we present evidence that formal music instruction is associated with superior verbal and visual memory. Participants included 15 highly trained pianists and 21 individuals with little or no formal music training. The groups were comparable in terms of age, gender distribution, and socioeconomic status. Musicians showed superior immediate and delayed recall of word lists and greater use of a semantic clustering strategy during initial list-learning than nonmusicians. They also exhibited superior learning, delayed recall, and delayed recognition for visual designs. Group differences in delayed free recall of both words and designs persisted after controlling statistically for estimated Full Scale IQ. These results suggest that extensive music training is associated with a generalized enhancement of auditory and visual memory functions.

The Role of Electronic Musical Instruments in Music Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glorita S. Sánchez ◽  
Matias Arenas Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
General Music ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Primary Motivation

The article is dedicated to the issues associated with the way toward learning the specialty of performing on electronic melodic instruments. Specifically, the program "Electronic melodic instruments in contemporary music instruction", which is planned to improve the abilities of music instructors of optional schools, instructors of Children's Schools of Art, Palaces and Houses of Inventive Work, Centers of Extracurricular Activities with understudies and different foundations of the arrangement of extra kids' instruction, is considered. The primary motivation behind the program is to acquaint instructors with contemporary strategies what's more, frameworks of preparing, advancement of electronic melodic instruments and advanced consoles. The requirement for the presentation of this program has a few reasons. As a matter of first importance, it is the enthusiasm of youngsters to contemporary data advances and their application, in specific, in the field of electronic and PC music, just as the need to improve the data and expert fitness of educators’ artists. Figuring out how to play electronic melodic instruments secure an extraordinary pertinence in the arrangement of general music training at the school of the Digital Age, such an opportunity can likewise be given in the arrangement of extra training of understudies. In any case, the likelihood of learning at Electronic Musical Instruments is accessible, at any rate, under one, however definitive condition – the accessibility of exceedingly qualified educating staff. Today, there are most certainly not enough pros sought after in the class of electronic melodic instrument, and thus the educators need to meet the necessities of contemporary society regarding the increment in social interest for a larger amount of polished methodology, it is important to complete a subjective instructive procedure and learn the upgraded one, incorporating computerized advancements in the field of craftsmanship. Available online at https://int-scientific-journals.com

Musicians show greater cross-modal integration, intermodal integration, and specialization in working memory than non-musicians

2020 ◽  
pp. 030573561989608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rielle Gagnon ◽  
Elena Nicoladis
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Components Analysis

Theories of working memory (WM) often distinguish between a central component and peripheral components for verbal and visual information. In the present study, we tested whether musicians differed from non-musicians on WM capacity and structure, with a particular focus on motor memory. We compared individuals with instrumental music training ( n = 91) to those without musical training ( n = 99) on seven WM tasks, measuring visual, verbal, and motor memory. The results showed that the musicians only rarely outperformed non-musicians on WM tasks. As for memory structure, a principal components analysis revealed that the seven tasks loaded onto different components for non-musicians and musicians. In musicians, scores loaded onto three components that represent motor–visual memory, verbal memory, and memory for the movements of others. In contrast, there were only two extracted components for non-musicians. These results suggest that music training leads to greater cross-modal and intermodal integration in WM, as well as specialization within motor memory.

scholarly journals Investigating the influence of music training on verbal memory

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 814-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra C. Taylor ◽  
Stephen A. Dewhurst
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Word List ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Word Lists ◽  
Neural Factors

Previous research has shown that musical training is associated with enhanced verbal memory. The current study investigated the generality of this association by presenting undergraduates who had received musical training ( n = 20) and undergraduates with no formal music training ( n = 20) with four types of word list; high visual imagery, high auditory imagery, high tactile imagery, and abstract. Those who had received music training showed enhanced memory for all word lists, suggesting that music training leads to a general enhancement in verbal memory that is not restricted to specific types of words (e.g., those invoking auditory imagery). The findings support previous research in showing that music training enhances cognitive skills beyond those that are specific to the domain of music. The possible cognitive and neural factors underpinning this effect are discussed.

Music training improves verbal memory

Nature ◽  
10.1038/24075 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 396 (6707) ◽  
pp. 128-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes S. Chan ◽  
Yim-Chi Ho ◽  
Mei-Chun Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Music Training

scholarly journals Music training is associated with cortical synchronization reflected in EEG coherence during verbal memory encoding

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. e0174906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-chun Cheung ◽  
Agnes S. Chan ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Derry Law ◽  
Christina W. Y. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Eeg Coherence ◽  
Memory Encoding ◽  
Music Training

scholarly journals Teaching Art Music in Nigerian Schools: The Academic, Technical and Social Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femi Sinaola Abiodun
Keyword(s):  
Music Composition ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Music Training ◽  
The People ◽  
Western Medium

Art music in the Nigerian context is the composition of Nigerians who have formal music training and have composed using Western medium to express traditional Nigerian music. This paper sets out to illuminate the technicalities involved in this form of musical composition and proposes a model of art music instruction for Nigerian schools. The author posits that the teaching and performing of art music in Nigerian schools will bring music closer to the people. He argues that whereas art music is an aberration from Nigerian traditional music, yet with concerted efforts and skill, the practice of art music will help in preserving Nigerian culture on paper and facilitate the promotion of its local music to the global level. The paper concludes that traditional music elements that are entrenched in art music composition can constitute a model and parameter for identifying and appreciating Nigerian music. The teaching of art music therefore must be encouraged by Nigerian music curricular planners.Art music in Nigerian context is the composition of Nigerians who have formal music training and have composed usingWestern medium to express traditional Nigerian music. This paper sets out to illuminate the technicalities involved in this form of musical composition and proposes a model of art music instruction for Nigerian schools. The author posits that the teaching and performing of art music in our schools will bring music closer to the people. The author equally argues that whereas art music is an aberration from our traditional music, yet with concerted efforts and skill, the practice of art music will help in preserving our culture on paper and facilitate the promotion of our local music to the global level. The paper concludes that traditional music elements that are entrenched in art music composition can constitute a model and parameter for identifying and appreciating Nigerian music. The teaching of art music, therefore, must be encouraged by Nigerian music curricular planners.

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