electroencephalography (eeg) frontal alpha asymmetry index as an indicator of children’s emotions in the three quran learning methods: visual, auditory, and memory

Objective: quran memorization is familiar in indonesia since early childhood (ec) education level and it is reported to have a positive effect on children’s emotional state. this study investigates how quran memorization influences children’s emotions in a certain condition using frontal alpha asymmetry (faa) index. method: the participants were 4 children aged 5-7 years, studying at islamic-based schools in surakarta. the tasks included three methods of quran learning: visual, by watching videos; auditory, by listening to murattal recitations of the quran; and memory, by repeating rote. the faa index measurement used absolute power data obtained from electroencephalography (eeg) by calculating the natural logarithm (ln [right alpha power] – ln [left alpha power]) from channel f8 and channel f7 respectively. results: the majority of participants showed a positive faa index in almost all tasks. the faa index of various tasks were not significantly different from each other, with p = 0.592 based on kruskal-wallis nonparametric test. the post hoc mann-whitney u test does not find any intervention that stands out among the others. conclusion: learning the quran with methods that involve visual, auditory, and memory activities results in positive, happy, motivated and excited feelings in children’s emotional state based on the faa index assessment.