Relationship between Music Education and Attentional Control: Evidence from an Eye Tracking Study in Primary School Children

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dc.abstract.enThe present longitudinal quasi-experimental study examined the extent to which music education is related to the development of attentional control. Control of visual attention was examined with the use of an antisaccade task in an eye tracking study. Fifty primary school children (6–7 years old), 25 from music school matched on fluid intelligence with their peers from non-music primary school, performed the antisaccade task three times, at the beginning of school education, after 12 and 24 months. Their eye movements were recorded each time. Over time, attentional control increased in both groups. Music school children performed significantly better than general school children in antisaccadic trials. In line with the prediction, all students’ correct responses in the antisaccade task were faster over the time of education, supporting growth in their ability of attentional control. Yet this growth was significantly greater in music school children. Only music school children significantly decrease the latency of saccades toward the target in the correct antisaccade trials. No such trend was significant for children without music education. Finally, fluid intelligence increased over time in both groups. The present study demonstrated a relationship between systematic music education for the development of children’s attentional control.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorCybulska, Agata
dc.contributor.authorKrejtz, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorWisiecka, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorDuchowski, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorKrejtz, Izabela
dc.date.access2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-30T13:33:10Z
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dc.date.created2025
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>The present longitudinal quasi-experimental study examined the extent to which music education is related to the development of attentional control. Control of visual attention was examined with the use of an antisaccade task in an eye tracking study. Fifty primary school children (6–7 years old), 25 from music school matched on fluid intelligence with their peers from non-music primary school, performed the antisaccade task three times, at the beginning of school education, after 12 and 24 months. Their eye movements were recorded each time. Over time, attentional control increased in both groups. Music school children performed significantly better than general school children in antisaccadic trials. In line with the prediction, all students’ correct responses in the antisaccade task were faster over the time of education, supporting growth in their ability of attentional control. Yet this growth was significantly greater in music school children. Only music school children significantly decrease the latency of saccades toward the target in the correct antisaccade trials. No such trend was significant for children without music education. Finally, fluid intelligence increased over time in both groups. The present study demonstrated a relationship between systematic music education for the development of children’s attentional control.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2016/21/N/HS6/02845
dc.description.granttitleDługoterminowy trening muzyczny a umiejętność czytania - badanie okulograficzne funkcji poznawczych dzieci w wieku 6-9 lat
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical1-23
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.sdgQualityEducation
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume23
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3759154
dc.identifier.issn1544-3558
dc.identifier.issn1544-3965
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1920
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3759154
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.rights.explanationNie jest to publikacja typu open access
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dc.subject.enattentional control
dc.subject.enantisaccades task
dc.subject.enmusic education
dc.subject.eneye tracking
dc.subject.enlongitudinal study
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dc.titleRelationship between Music Education and Attentional Control: Evidence from an Eye Tracking Study in Primary School Children
dc.title.journalACM Transactions on Applied Perception
dc.typeJournalArticle
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