Source note · R098
Musicians show more integrated neural processing of contextually relevant acoustic features
Musical expertise was associated with different neural integration in one listening context.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Survey & observational
- Review extent
- Appraisal and selected source sections checked
What was studied
MEG responses of 25 musicians and 25 non-musicians were compared for acoustic changes in melody-like and simpler listening contexts.
What it contributes
In a cross-sectional MEG study of 25 musicians and 25 non-musicians, musicians showed greater frequency-deviant integration in melody-like context, but not with identical sounds in a simple oddball context.
Where the evidence stops
Cross-sectional MEG comparison of 25 musicians and 25 non-musicians; expertise groups were not randomized, so training causality cannot be inferred. Laboratory neural measures are not everyday band outcomes.
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