...TanChyuan Chin; Nikki S. Rickard active engagement with music has been associated with cognitive, emotional, and social benefits, although measures of musicianship are typically limited to music training. A self-report questionnaire was developed to assess both quality and quantity of different...

...Lorna S. Jakobson; Samantha T. Lewycky; Andrea R. Kilgour; Brenda M. Stoesz INTEREST IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS of extensive music training on nonmusical perceptual and cognitive abilities has grown in recent years. Here, we present evidence that formal music instruction is associated with superior...

... intelligence. The results provide converging evidence that extensive music training is specifically associated with superior visual processing of local details, beyond any benefits it may have on verbal intelligence. © 2007 By the Regents of the University of California music cognitive processing...