Beatriz Ilari
Biographic Data
| ID | 113387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beatriz Ilari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beatriz |
| FAMILY NAME | Ilari |
| SIGNATURE | ILARI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4060-1703 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Intersections between music education and the sociology of childhood in Brazil: Searching for children’s agency and musical protagonism
This article discusses the concept of children’s agency in early childhood music education, integrating perspectives from the sociology of childhood and analysing music teaching and learning contexts in Brazil. Although children are increasingly recognised as catalysts for change in education and policy, there is still a persistent gap between theoretical discussions about agency and the practical opportunities available for children to actively …
Commentary on Verna Vazquez-Diaz de Leon “The Interactive Role of Music as a Facilitator for Mother–Infant Bonding in Early Motherhood”
The following is a commentary on Vazquez’ two-part study of mothers’ everyday uses of music and their relationships to the quality of mother-child interaction and bonding. The commentary considers how Vazquez’ findings are linked to the experiences and meanings of motherhood in modern times, including the stressors and pressures that many women experience as they begin their journeys as new mothers. The commentary presents three main points: the …
Relationship Between Direct Aggression and Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Attention and Intelligence Among Children at Risk for Behavioral Problems
This study aimed to investigate the influence of attention and intelligence in the prediction of prosocial behavior by direct aggression (proactive or reactive) in school-aged children at risk for behavioral problems. The sample was composed of 64 children aged 6 to 8 years screened for risk of behavioral problems, who were enrolled in a clinical trial. Multiple regression models were tested to investigate the prediction of prosocial behavior by …
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
The CI Music Hour: Building community and promoting well-being through music appreciation
The Cochlear Implant (CI) Music Hour is a weekly music appreciation session hosted by a major university in the United States. Led by researchers in music and audiology, the CI Music Hour combines research and community engagement. This study primarily examined the relationship between involvement in the CI Music Hour, musicianship and general well-being of its participants during its two years of existence. A second aim was to uncover resources,…
Popular education and music education: Lessons from a strings program in Erechim, Brazil
In this exploratory study, we describe the learning experiences of adolescents from a social project called Orquestrando Talentos, which offered violin and viola lessons in two high-needs schools for low-income students in Erechim, Southern Brazil. Grounded on the central tenets of popular education, on Paulo Freire’s work, and on earlier studies on the experiences of students from community-based strings programs, in this article we share the vo…
Música, emoção e funções executivas: Revisão narrativa da literatura
O trabalho apresenta revisão bibliográfica narrativa sobre música e funções executivas (FE), associadas ao córtex pré-frontal (CPF), em interação com o sistema límbico, ligado ao processamento das emoções, discutindo sua indissociabilidade. O artigo tem por objetivo examinar a literatura recente sobre CPF e FE, estudos correlacionais, longitudinais e experimentais sobre prática musical e desenvolvimento das habilidades relacionadas às funções exe…
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing: Volume I: Development
The role of community-based music and sports programmes in parental views of children’s social skills and personality
In this article, we report on parental perceptions of socio-emotional skills and personality of children who were involved in community-based music and sports extracurricular (EC) programmes, and a group of children not participating in EC activities. This study is part of the USC brain and music project that investigated the effects of music education on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children from underserved neighbourhoods in …
Associations Between Musical Participation and Young Children’s Prosocial Behaviors
Collective music making has been associated with the emergence of prosocial behaviors in children and adults. Yet, the associations between participation in early childhood music education programs and prosocial skills in young children remain elusive. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine how children with varied amounts of music participation—in a formal program and in the home—performed in two prosocial tasks (i.e., instrumental…
Where have all the little ones gone? Young children and community music
Favorite songs, melodic elements, and a familiar tune: Performance of children from Brazil and the United States on components of the ATBSS
The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) is a comprehensive instrument that was designed to acquire data from varied age, cultural and ethnic groups. The aim of the present research was twofold. First, it aimed to examine favorite songs and singing of melodic elements and a familiar tune using tasks from the ATBSS in two underrepresented groups of children: Brazilians in Brazil and Latinos in the United States. Second, the research aimed a…
Infants’ Preferential Attention to Sung and Spoken Stimuli
Caregivers and early childhood teachers all over the world use singing and speech to elicit and maintain infants’ attention. Research comparing infants’ preferential attention to music and speech is inconclusive regarding their responses to these two types of auditory stimuli, with one study showing a music bias and another one indicating no differential attention. The purpose of this investigation was to study 11-month-old infants’ preferential …
Rhythmic Engagement With Music in Early Childhood: A Replication and Extension
The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous findings on spontaneous movement and rhythmic engagement with music in infancy. Using the identical stimuli and procedures from the original study, I investigated spontaneous rhythmic movements in response to music, infant-directed speech, and contrasting rhythmic patterns in 30 Brazilian infants (ages 5, 11, and 19 months). Findings were consistent with the original study in that mor…
Joint Drumming in Brazilian and German Preschool Children: Cultural Differences in Rhythmic Entrainment, but No Prosocial Effects
As a core feature of musical rituals around the world, humans synchronize their movements to the pulse of a shared acoustic pattern-a behavior called rhythmic entrainment. The purpose of the present study was (a) to examine the development of rhythmic entrainment with a focus on the role of experience and (b) to follow one line of evidence concerning its adaptive function. We hypothesized (a) that children learn how to synchronize movements to so…
Music Listening Preferences in Early Life: Infants' Responses to Accompanied Versus Unaccompanied Singing
This study investigated infant listening preferences for two versions of an unfamiliar Chinese children's song: unaccompanied (i.e., voice only) and accompanied (i.e., voice and instrumental accompaniment). Three groups of 5-, 8- and 11-month-old infants were tested using the Headturn Preference Procedure. A general linear model analysis of variance was carried out with gender and age as the between-subjects variables and listening time to the tw…
Music and Early Childhood in the Tristes Tropiques: The Brazilian Experience
Inspired by ideas that Levi-Strauss (1955) presented in Tristes Tropiques, the author discusses music and early childhood in Brazil from educational, historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives. She begins with a short history of early childhood education in Brazil, including changes in educational policies, teacher preparation, and recent statistics. Next, a brief history of music teaching and learning is followed by a discussion …
Música, comportamento social e relações interpessoais
O objetivo desta investigação foi verificar o papel da música na atração interpessoal, escolha de parceiros e relacionamentos afetivos. Cinqüenta adultos não-músicos escolheram possíveis parceiros através de classificados pessoais, descreveram as características de ouvintes de 7 gêneros musicais diferentes e responderam a questões referentes ao uso da música em seus relacionamentos afetivos. Embora a música não tenha tido um efeito direto sobre a…
Associations Between Musical Participation and Young Children’s Prosocial Behaviors
Collective music making has been associated with the emergence of prosocial behaviors in children and adults. Yet, the associations between participation in early childhood music education programs and prosocial skills in young children remain elusive. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine how children with varied amounts of music participation—in a formal program and in the home—performed in two prosocial tasks (i.e., instrumental…
Music Listening Preferences in Early Life: Infants' Responses to Accompanied Versus Unaccompanied Singing
This study investigated infant listening preferences for two versions of an unfamiliar Chinese children's song: unaccompanied (i.e., voice only) and accompanied (i.e., voice and instrumental accompaniment). Three groups of 5-, 8- and 11-month-old infants were tested using the Headturn Preference Procedure. A general linear model analysis of variance was carried out with gender and age as the between-subjects variables and listening time to the tw…
Música, comportamento social e relações interpessoais
O objetivo desta investigação foi verificar o papel da música na atração interpessoal, escolha de parceiros e relacionamentos afetivos. Cinqüenta adultos não-músicos escolheram possíveis parceiros através de classificados pessoais, descreveram as características de ouvintes de 7 gêneros musicais diferentes e responderam a questões referentes ao uso da música em seus relacionamentos afetivos. Embora a música não tenha tido um efeito direto sobre a…
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing: Volume I: Development
Infants’ Preferential Attention to Sung and Spoken Stimuli
Caregivers and early childhood teachers all over the world use singing and speech to elicit and maintain infants’ attention. Research comparing infants’ preferential attention to music and speech is inconclusive regarding their responses to these two types of auditory stimuli, with one study showing a music bias and another one indicating no differential attention. The purpose of this investigation was to study 11-month-old infants’ preferential …
Rhythmic Engagement With Music in Early Childhood: A Replication and Extension
The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous findings on spontaneous movement and rhythmic engagement with music in infancy. Using the identical stimuli and procedures from the original study, I investigated spontaneous rhythmic movements in response to music, infant-directed speech, and contrasting rhythmic patterns in 30 Brazilian infants (ages 5, 11, and 19 months). Findings were consistent with the original study in that mor…
Joint Drumming in Brazilian and German Preschool Children: Cultural Differences in Rhythmic Entrainment, but No Prosocial Effects
As a core feature of musical rituals around the world, humans synchronize their movements to the pulse of a shared acoustic pattern-a behavior called rhythmic entrainment. The purpose of the present study was (a) to examine the development of rhythmic entrainment with a focus on the role of experience and (b) to follow one line of evidence concerning its adaptive function. We hypothesized (a) that children learn how to synchronize movements to so…
Música, comportamento social e relações interpessoais
O objetivo desta investigação foi verificar o papel da música na atração interpessoal, escolha de parceiros e relacionamentos afetivos. Cinqüenta adultos não-músicos escolheram possíveis parceiros através de classificados pessoais, descreveram as características de ouvintes de 7 gêneros musicais diferentes e responderam a questões referentes ao uso da música em seus relacionamentos afetivos. Embora a música não tenha tido um efeito direto sobre a…
Music and Early Childhood in the Tristes Tropiques: The Brazilian Experience
Inspired by ideas that Levi-Strauss (1955) presented in Tristes Tropiques, the author discusses music and early childhood in Brazil from educational, historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives. She begins with a short history of early childhood education in Brazil, including changes in educational policies, teacher preparation, and recent statistics. Next, a brief history of music teaching and learning is followed by a discussion …
Music Listening Preferences in Early Life: Infants' Responses to Accompanied Versus Unaccompanied Singing
This study investigated infant listening preferences for two versions of an unfamiliar Chinese children's song: unaccompanied (i.e., voice only) and accompanied (i.e., voice and instrumental accompaniment). Three groups of 5-, 8- and 11-month-old infants were tested using the Headturn Preference Procedure. A general linear model analysis of variance was carried out with gender and age as the between-subjects variables and listening time to the tw…
Infants’ Preferential Attention to Sung and Spoken Stimuli
Caregivers and early childhood teachers all over the world use singing and speech to elicit and maintain infants’ attention. Research comparing infants’ preferential attention to music and speech is inconclusive regarding their responses to these two types of auditory stimuli, with one study showing a music bias and another one indicating no differential attention. The purpose of this investigation was to study 11-month-old infants’ preferential …
Rhythmic Engagement With Music in Early Childhood: A Replication and Extension
The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous findings on spontaneous movement and rhythmic engagement with music in infancy. Using the identical stimuli and procedures from the original study, I investigated spontaneous rhythmic movements in response to music, infant-directed speech, and contrasting rhythmic patterns in 30 Brazilian infants (ages 5, 11, and 19 months). Findings were consistent with the original study in that mor…
Joint Drumming in Brazilian and German Preschool Children: Cultural Differences in Rhythmic Entrainment, but No Prosocial Effects
As a core feature of musical rituals around the world, humans synchronize their movements to the pulse of a shared acoustic pattern-a behavior called rhythmic entrainment. The purpose of the present study was (a) to examine the development of rhythmic entrainment with a focus on the role of experience and (b) to follow one line of evidence concerning its adaptive function. We hypothesized (a) that children learn how to synchronize movements to so…
Favorite songs, melodic elements, and a familiar tune: Performance of children from Brazil and the United States on components of the ATBSS
The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) is a comprehensive instrument that was designed to acquire data from varied age, cultural and ethnic groups. The aim of the present research was twofold. First, it aimed to examine favorite songs and singing of melodic elements and a familiar tune using tasks from the ATBSS in two underrepresented groups of children: Brazilians in Brazil and Latinos in the United States. Second, the research aimed a…
Where have all the little ones gone? Young children and community music
The role of community-based music and sports programmes in parental views of children’s social skills and personality
In this article, we report on parental perceptions of socio-emotional skills and personality of children who were involved in community-based music and sports extracurricular (EC) programmes, and a group of children not participating in EC activities. This study is part of the USC brain and music project that investigated the effects of music education on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children from underserved neighbourhoods in …
Associations Between Musical Participation and Young Children’s Prosocial Behaviors
Collective music making has been associated with the emergence of prosocial behaviors in children and adults. Yet, the associations between participation in early childhood music education programs and prosocial skills in young children remain elusive. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine how children with varied amounts of music participation—in a formal program and in the home—performed in two prosocial tasks (i.e., instrumental…
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing: Volume I: Development
Popular education and music education: Lessons from a strings program in Erechim, Brazil
In this exploratory study, we describe the learning experiences of adolescents from a social project called Orquestrando Talentos, which offered violin and viola lessons in two high-needs schools for low-income students in Erechim, Southern Brazil. Grounded on the central tenets of popular education, on Paulo Freire’s work, and on earlier studies on the experiences of students from community-based strings programs, in this article we share the vo…
Música, emoção e funções executivas: Revisão narrativa da literatura
O trabalho apresenta revisão bibliográfica narrativa sobre música e funções executivas (FE), associadas ao córtex pré-frontal (CPF), em interação com o sistema límbico, ligado ao processamento das emoções, discutindo sua indissociabilidade. O artigo tem por objetivo examinar a literatura recente sobre CPF e FE, estudos correlacionais, longitudinais e experimentais sobre prática musical e desenvolvimento das habilidades relacionadas às funções exe…
The CI Music Hour: Building community and promoting well-being through music appreciation
The Cochlear Implant (CI) Music Hour is a weekly music appreciation session hosted by a major university in the United States. Led by researchers in music and audiology, the CI Music Hour combines research and community engagement. This study primarily examined the relationship between involvement in the CI Music Hour, musicianship and general well-being of its participants during its two years of existence. A second aim was to uncover resources,…
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
Commentary on Verna Vazquez-Diaz de Leon “The Interactive Role of Music as a Facilitator for Mother–Infant Bonding in Early Motherhood”
The following is a commentary on Vazquez’ two-part study of mothers’ everyday uses of music and their relationships to the quality of mother-child interaction and bonding. The commentary considers how Vazquez’ findings are linked to the experiences and meanings of motherhood in modern times, including the stressors and pressures that many women experience as they begin their journeys as new mothers. The commentary presents three main points: the …
Relationship Between Direct Aggression and Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Attention and Intelligence Among Children at Risk for Behavioral Problems
This study aimed to investigate the influence of attention and intelligence in the prediction of prosocial behavior by direct aggression (proactive or reactive) in school-aged children at risk for behavioral problems. The sample was composed of 64 children aged 6 to 8 years screened for risk of behavioral problems, who were enrolled in a clinical trial. Multiple regression models were tested to investigate the prediction of prosocial behavior by …
Intersections between music education and the sociology of childhood in Brazil: Searching for children’s agency and musical protagonism
This article discusses the concept of children’s agency in early childhood music education, integrating perspectives from the sociology of childhood and analysing music teaching and learning contexts in Brazil. Although children are increasingly recognised as catalysts for change in education and policy, there is still a persistent gap between theoretical discussions about agency and the practical opportunities available for children to actively …
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Communication (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works)