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The Effects Of Background Music On The Executive Function Of Children With Adhd In The Classroom Setting: A Study Proposal, Jennifer Mittag
The Effects Of Background Music On The Executive Function Of Children With Adhd In The Classroom Setting: A Study Proposal, Jennifer Mittag
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The purpose of the proposed study is to determine how children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and neurotypical children will perform on executive function tasks while listening and not listening to music in a classroom setting. Prior research suggests that the presence of background noise improves the executive function performance of children with ADHD during specific memory tasks. In this study, fifty children diagnosed with ADHD and fifty neurotypical children from Bellingham, Washington will take the Working Memory Test Battery for Children (Pickering, 2006), either with or without classical music playing in the background. Scores will be calculated, and an …