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1. #Digit span portable
2. #Digit span software
3. #Digit span series

The composition of music is very complex it contains tone, rhythm, harmony, melody, and other factors. If the method is applied to music lessons in schools or in the community, it may help improve children's working memory.

#Digit span portable

In addition, we used an inexpensive and portable keyboard harmonica therefore, our instructional method is easy to apply in classrooms or other circumstances. The result suggests that several weeks of instrumental music training may be beneficial to improving children's working memory. However, no significant influences were found on the other cognitive tests. After the 6-week training, only the experimental group showed a significant improvement in the Digit Span test (especially in the Digit Span Backward) that measures working memory. Cognitive measurements included verbal ability, processing speed, working memory, and inhibitory control, which were administered before and after the curriculum in both groups. Different from traditional instrumental training, the curriculum did not use musical scores to emphasize creating association between sound (auditory modality) and finger movement (somato-motor system). Forty children (aged 6–8 years) were randomly assigned to either the experimental group ( n = 20), which received a 6-week (12-session) keyboard harmonica curriculum, or an untrained control group ( n = 20). Consequently, the present exploratory pilot study investigated the effect of a six-week instrumental practice program (i.e., playing the keyboard harmonica) on children's cognitive functions using a randomized controlled trial. Moreover, effects of short-term (there is a disagreement about what domain(s) might be affected. Previous studies have reported that music training not only improves children's musical skills, but also enhances their cognitive functions. 5Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.4Division of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.3Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.2Faculty of Music, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan.1Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.If a participant does not get any correct answers for a certain digit length, then the experiment concludes.Xia Guo 1, Chie Ohsawa 2,3, Akiko Suzuki 1 and Kaoru Sekiyama 4,5 * If the participant only gets 1 answer correct, then the block of trials is repeated again with different numbers even though the digit length remains the same. If the participant gets 2 answers correct on a block, then digit length is increased. The participant has to recall the digits exactly as they were presented.ĭepending on whether the participant answers correctly, the task may become more difficult. The minimum length of digits presented is 3 (e.g., 638) and the maximum length is 9 (e.g., 628295702).

#Digit span series

The participant is shown a series of digits. The goal of the task is to assess a participant's ability to accurately recall a string of digits. This experiment is a version of the Digit-Span memory task. The Digit-Span task is used to measure storage capacity of numbers in working memory.

#Digit span software

Experiment Author: Psychology Software Tools, Inc.