A Preliminary Study of the Effects of an Arts Education Program on Executive Function, Behavior, and Brain Structure in a Sample of Nonclinical School-Aged Children
- Title
- A Preliminary Study of the Effects of an Arts Education Program on Executive Function, Behavior, and Brain Structure in a Sample of Nonclinical School-Aged Children
- Author
- 이종민
- Keywords
- arts education; cortical thickness; diffusion tensor imaging; cognition; behavior; child
- Issue Date
- 2015-11
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY, v. 30, NO 13, Page. 1757-1766
- Abstract
- The authors examined the effects of arts education on cognition, behavior, and brain of children. Twenty-nine nonclinical children participated in a 15-week arts education program that was composed of either creative movement or musical arts. Children completed the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, clinical scales, and brain magnetic resonance imaging before and after the intervention. Following program completion, performances on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Children's Depression Inventory scores, and conduct disorder scores were significantly improved. Furthermore, cortical thickness in the left postcentral gyrus and superior parietal lobule were increased, and the mean diffusivity values in the right posterior corona radiate and superior longitudinal fasciculus were decreased. Positive correlations between changes in cognitive measurements and changes in cortical thickness were observed. This preliminary study suggests a positive effect of arts education on executive functions in association with brain changes. However, these findings must be interpreted with caution due to the noncomparative study design.
- URI
- http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0883073815579710http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/29076
- ISSN
- 0883-0738; 1708-8283
- DOI
- 10.1177/0883073815579710
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING(전기·생체공학부) > Articles
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