... task did not differ between Chinese and Finnish participants, independently of music expertise. The presence or absence of tonal structure in the musical sequences did not affect the advantage of Chinese over Finnish participants in either maintenance or manipulation of the musical sequences. Overall...

... of arousal and mood. The impact of musical expertise, however, was mixed: individuals with higher expertise performed better in Study 1 but with no statistically significant difference in Study 2. Julia Vigl, PhD MSc. Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstraße 5-7, 6020...

...Christin Arndt; Kathrin Schlemmer; Elke van der Meer The connections between musical expertise, working memory (WM), and intelligence have been examined repeatedly in recent years with, to some extent, conflicting evidence. For this reason, more studies are needed that can clarify this matter...

...Liila Taruffi; Rory Allen; John Downing; Pamela Heaton Previous music and emotion research suggests that individual differences in empathy, alexithymia, personality traits, and musical expertise might play a role in music-perceived emotions. In this study, we investigated the relationship between...

...São Luís Castro; César F. Lima We investigated how age and musical expertise influence emotion recognition in music. Musically trained and untrained participants from two age cohorts, young and middle-aged adults ( N = 80), were presented with music excerpts expressing happiness, peacefulness...

... even though information about whether these outcomes are realized is unavailable. Research also suggests that musical imagery ability improves with increasing musical expertise. This study tested the hypothesis that expert musicians’ superior imagery abilities enable reduced reliance on auditory...

... when it is present. This study tested the hypotheses that imagery 1) can occur concurrently with normal performance, 2) is strongest when auditory feedback is absent but motor feedback is present, and 3) improves with increasing musical expertise. Auditory and motor feedback conditions were manipulated...