Music Training and Child Development Study

Description

This proposed study aims to provide a definitive answer to whether music training benefits brain development, particularly brain inhibition control circuitry and its related health outcomes using a randomized control trial design. In the study, 114 Hispanic children between ages 6-8 from underserved communities of LA will be randomly assigned to a 24-month:(1) community-focused after school music training group focused on a traditional strings curriculum at the Colburn school in Los Angeles (MG) or (2) a control group (CG) after-school program comprising of visual arts, book club, ethnic and cultural studies and theater without specific focus on systematic music training or sports. Imaging data will be collected at before and after the intervention (24 months), behavioral assessments will be conducted before the intervention and yearly afterwards, and mid-intervention evaluations will be performed every six months throughout the study.

Conditions

Music

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Study overview

This proposed study aims to provide a definitive answer to whether music training benefits brain development, particularly brain inhibition control circuitry and its related health outcomes using a randomized control trial design. In the study, 114 Hispanic children between ages 6-8 from underserved communities of LA will be randomly assigned to a 24-month:(1) community-focused after school music training group focused on a traditional strings curriculum at the Colburn school in Los Angeles (MG) or (2) a control group (CG) after-school program comprising of visual arts, book club, ethnic and cultural studies and theater without specific focus on systematic music training or sports. Imaging data will be collected at before and after the intervention (24 months), behavioral assessments will be conducted before the intervention and yearly afterwards, and mid-intervention evaluations will be performed every six months throughout the study.

Effects of Music Training on Neurodevelopment and Associated Health Outcomes

Music Training and Child Development Study

Condition
Music
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Brain and Creativity Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * normal IQ (standard score of \>85 in the Abbreviated Wechsler's Scale of Intelligence)
  • * Hispanic/Latino living in LA within 2 miles radius of the location of the music and the afterschool programs
  • * low SES as defined by Hollingshead Index cumulative score below 29
  • * ages 6-8
  • * current diagnosis of neurological or psychiatric disorders
  • * prior engagement in formal and systematic music training for more than 6 months
  • * previous or current diagnosis of severe hearing loss defined as air conduction thresholds greater than 60 dB HL through 8 kHz or- severe vision loss that is not correctable with prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses
  • * non-removable, non-MRI compatible body parts
  • * Claustrophobia

Ages Eligible for Study

6 Years to 8 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Southern California,

Assal Habibi, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Southern California

Study Record Dates

2027-10-01