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To explore the relationship between dance education and social cognitive development, especially in emotion perception abilities.

Social cognitive development and engagement in dance

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Quasi-experimental study shows dance education improves emotion perception in children and young adults, suggesting educational benefits.

To explore the relationship between dance education and social cognitive development, especially in emotion perception abilities.
Quasi-experimental mixed methods study design.
Compared young adults with extensive childhood dance experience (n=101) to a control group (n=105).
Analyzed children aged 7-12 who participated in one year of dance (n=67) against a treated control group (n=47), complemented by qualitative interviews with dance teachers and open-ended responses from parents and children.
Young adults with extensive childhood dance showed better emotion perception compared to the control group.
Children engaged in one year of dance exhibited similar improvements in emotion perception compared to the treated control group.
Qualitative findings supported quantitative results, highlighting key pedagogical processes in dance education.

Stutesman et al. (2026) studied this question.

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