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Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children

RecruitingNAAges 6 Years - 8 YearsAllSchool of Health Sciences Geneva
NCT05912270 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

How to optimally stimulate the developing brain is still unclear. Executive functions (EF) exhibited substantially stronger far transfer effects in children who learned to play a musical instrument than in children who acquired other arts. What is crucially lacking is a large-scale, long-term genuine randomized controlled trial (RCT) in cognitive neuroscience, comparing musical instrumental training (MIP) to another art form and a control group. Collected data of this proposal will allow, using machine learning, to build a data-driven multivariate model of children's interconnected brain and EF development over the first 2 years of their academic curriculum (6-8 years), with or without music or other art training.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * School grade 3P/4P (3rd and 4th year of elementary school (6-8-year-old children) * Right-handedness * Sufficient Mastery of the French Language * Able to give oral informed consent (child) * Able to give written informed consent (parent) Exclusion Criteria: * Non-consent (children and or parents) * Repeated or skipped a class with respect to standard curriculum * Not corrected/severe hearing deficits * Not corrected/severe vision deficits * Severe neurodevelopmental disorders (eg. severe dyslexia, severe ADHD) * Older than 7 at the beginning of the school year if 3P * Older than 8 at the beginning of the school year if 4P * Protocolled music instrumental practice in the preceding year * Protocolled visual arts courses in the preceding year * MRI incompatibility (physical or psychological) * Psychometric battery incompatibility (psychological)
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What it tests

  • Orchestra in Class
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Where

1 site
Haute école de santé de Genève HES-SO
Geneva, Switzerland
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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