Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Autor(a) principal: Boal-Palheiros, G.
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Figueira, Pedro, Castro, São Luís
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/20663
Resumo: Human beings are born with several abilities which are amenable to change. A growing number of studies have focused on the relations between musical and cognitive abilities but research with children from disadvantaged communities is scarce. This study explored the relations between musical and cognitive abilities in disadvantaged children. Participants were 169 children from deprived neighborhoods, attending the second year of primary education in public schools that do not offer music education. Children’s musical abilities (perception) were measured with the Melody, Rhythm, and Memory tests of Montreal Battery for the Evaluation of Musical Abilities and their cognitive abilities, with five WISC-III subtests (Similarities, Vocabulary, Cubes, Picture Arrangement, and Digits). Parental level of education was obtained from a questionnaire on the socio-economic status of children’s families. Results revealed (1) few and weak correlations between musical and cognitive abilities; (2) stronger correlations of Socioeconomic Status (SES) with cognitive than with musical abilities; (3) digit span predicts all musical abilities; 4) a clear factorial distinction between musical and cognitive abilities. Overall, results suggest that disadvantaged children’s musical and cognitive abilities, as measured by the present instruments, are partly independent regarding processing components.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
title Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
spellingShingle Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Boal-Palheiros, G.
Musical ability
Cognitive ability
Children
Socio-economic status
title_short Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
title_full Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
title_fullStr Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
title_full_unstemmed Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
title_sort Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
author Boal-Palheiros, G.
author_facet Boal-Palheiros, G.
Figueira, Pedro
Castro, São Luís
author_role author
author2 Figueira, Pedro
Castro, São Luís
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Boal-Palheiros, G.
Figueira, Pedro
Castro, São Luís
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Musical ability
Cognitive ability
Children
Socio-economic status
topic Musical ability
Cognitive ability
Children
Socio-economic status
description Human beings are born with several abilities which are amenable to change. A growing number of studies have focused on the relations between musical and cognitive abilities but research with children from disadvantaged communities is scarce. This study explored the relations between musical and cognitive abilities in disadvantaged children. Participants were 169 children from deprived neighborhoods, attending the second year of primary education in public schools that do not offer music education. Children’s musical abilities (perception) were measured with the Melody, Rhythm, and Memory tests of Montreal Battery for the Evaluation of Musical Abilities and their cognitive abilities, with five WISC-III subtests (Similarities, Vocabulary, Cubes, Picture Arrangement, and Digits). Parental level of education was obtained from a questionnaire on the socio-economic status of children’s families. Results revealed (1) few and weak correlations between musical and cognitive abilities; (2) stronger correlations of Socioeconomic Status (SES) with cognitive than with musical abilities; (3) digit span predicts all musical abilities; 4) a clear factorial distinction between musical and cognitive abilities. Overall, results suggest that disadvantaged children’s musical and cognitive abilities, as measured by the present instruments, are partly independent regarding processing components.
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