Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children
NCT ID: NCT05912270
Last Updated: 2023-12-18
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
150 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-12-18
2027-04-30
Brief Summary
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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.
Detailed Description
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We plan to recruit 150 children aged 6-8 years from public elementary schools, ensuring a random and therefore equal distribution among the three groups. Data collection will involve annual comprehensive psychometric testing (baseline, after 1 year, after 2 years) of executive functions, i.e., far transfer and near transfer, musicality, drawing, academic achievement, and multimodal structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), including fMRI with auditory and visual domain working memory tasks.
By utilizing multivariate analyses and integrating behavioral and brain data through machine learning, we aim to create a data-driven model of the development of executive functions at the behavioral and brain levels in young children at the beginning of their school careers (6 to 8 years old), both without and with an enriched environment (musical practice versus visual arts)
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Orchestra in Class
Children will receive music practice lessons in groups, "Orchestra in Class" (4 different string instruments, violin, viola, cello, double bass) in school class size groups over 2 full years. Interventions, given by 2 professional teachers per class, take place for 1 hour and 30 minutes per week, completed by daily homework (20-30 minutes).
Orchestra in Class
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Visual Arts
Children will receive visual arts lessons in school class size groups over 2 full years. Interventions, given by 2 professional teachers per class, take place for 1 hour and 30 minutes per week, completed by daily homework (20-30 minutes).
Orchestra in Class
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Culture
The children will receive six cultural outings per year (museums, concerts, theatre, etc.) and pass all measurements
Orchestra in Class
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Interventions
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Orchestra in Class
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Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Right-handedness
* Sufficient Mastery of the French Language
* Able to give oral informed consent (child)
* Able to give written informed consent (parent)
Exclusion Criteria
* 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)
6 Years
8 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Geneva, Switzerland
OTHER
University of Lausanne Hospitals
OTHER
School of Health Sciences Geneva
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Clara E James
Full Professor HES-SO
Principal Investigators
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Clara James, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Locations
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Haute école de santé de Genève HES-SO
Geneva, , Switzerland
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Clara James, PhD
Role: primary
Maxim Tingaud, MSc
Role: backup
References
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James CE, Tingaud M, Laera G, Guedj C, Zuber S, Diambrini Palazzi R, Vukovic S, Richiardi J, Kliegel M, Marie D. Cognitive enrichment through art: a randomized controlled trial on the effect of music or visual arts group practice on cognitive and brain development of young children. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Apr 4;24(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s12906-024-04433-1.
Other Identifiers
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126645
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id