1. Topics

• Music and Preventive Health

• Music and Delay of Disability

• Music and Child Development

• Music and Emotion

• Music and Daily Life

• Evidence-Based Music Therapy

• Health Promotion for Performers

• Performance Injuries and Treatment

• Performance Anxiety and Coping

• Music and Science

• Music Technology and Health

• Evidence of Music and Health

• Other Related Topics

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2. Submission Types

We welcome submissions related to the themes of this symposium, including original research, literature reviews (meta-analyses), educational studies, project and case reports. Submissions should be unpublished and not intended for other publications.

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​3. Submission Timeline

(1) Manuscript submission deadline: February 28, 2025 (Friday)

(2) Final manuscript review notification: March 7, 2025 (Friday)

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4. Submission Guidelines

(1) All manuscripts should be submitted in English. Please refer to the template (Attachment 1) for formatting instructions.

(2) **An easy way to comply with the symposium manuscript formatting requirements is to use the template and simply type your text into it or use the paste function.**

(3) Corresponding authors should be marked with an asterisk, and the full English title of the symposium should be included at the top of the manuscript.

(4) An Manuscript Submission Authors' Statement and Publication Agreement form should be downloaded and completed (Attachment 2), and submitted with the manuscript via email.

(5) All manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format along with signed Manuscript Submission Authors' Statement and Publication Agreement forms via email to rcmth6311@gmail.com. The email subject should indicate “Submission for the 2025 4th ISMHP (Corresponding Author's Name).”

(6) At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the symposium.

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5. Manuscript Structure

Manuscript length:  Limited to two pages, in Microsoft Word format. Reference style follows IEEE style's standard format.

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Manuscript should include the following:

(1) Title, abstract and keywords

(2) Sections of the main content:

• Introduction

• Materials and methods

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusion

(The author does not need to strictly adhere to the prescribed structure of the main content, but it serves as a suggested guideline for organizing the manuscript.)