Listening to Music and Playing Activities during Recreation between Lessons Regenerate Children’s Cognitive Performance at Different Times of Day

Nourhen Mezghani; Achraf Ammar; Turki Mohsen Alzahrani; Atyh Hadadi; Salma Abedelmalek; Omar Trabelsi; Sabeh ben Abdallah; Cyrine H’mida; Omar Boukhris; Liwa Masmoudi; Khaled Trabelsi; Hamdi Chtourou

doi:10.3390/children9101587

Children (Oct 2022)

Listening to Music and Playing Activities during Recreation between Lessons Regenerate Children’s Cognitive Performance at Different Times of Day

Nourhen Mezghani,
Achraf Ammar,
Turki Mohsen Alzahrani,
Atyh Hadadi,
Salma Abedelmalek,
Omar Trabelsi,
Sabeh ben Abdallah,
Cyrine H’mida,
Omar Boukhris,
Liwa Masmoudi,
Khaled Trabelsi,
Hamdi Chtourou

Affiliations

Nourhen Mezghani: Department of Sport Sciences, College of Education, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Achraf Ammar: Department of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55122 Mainz, Germany
Turki Mohsen Alzahrani: Department of Sport Sciences, College of Education, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Atyh Hadadi: Department of Sport Sciences, College of Education, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Salma Abedelmalek: Department of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Sousse Faculty of Medicine, Sousse 4000, Tunisia
Omar Trabelsi: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Sabeh ben Abdallah: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Cyrine H’mida: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Omar Boukhris: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Liwa Masmoudi: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Khaled Trabelsi: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Hamdi Chtourou: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101587
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 10
p. 1587

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The interruption of learning processes by breaks filled with diverse activities is common in everyday life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the time of day (TOD) of playing with or without music during recess on cognitive performance regeneration among students aged between 11 and 12. Twenty-seven volunteer children (aged 12 ± 0.6 years) completed four trials at 09h45, 10h15, 14h45, and 15h15. Each test session was separated by recreation between classroom lessons with different conditions: music only (MSC), playing only (PAY), music and playing (MSC-PAY), and without music and playing (NON). During each session, oral temperature, reaction time (RT), and constant attention (CA) were measured. For all parameters, the ANOVA revealed a significant effect of the type of activity. However, no significant effect of the TOD and no significant interaction of type of activity × TOD were reported. The Bonferroni post hoc test revealed that Δ-core temperature was significantly higher during PAY and MSC-PAY compared to NON (p p p p p < 0.01) compared to NON. Therefore, playing, listening to music, and playing while listening to music at recess improve the child’s ability to regenerate cognitive performance regardless of the TOD.

Published in Children

ISSN: 2227-9067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

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