ReviewFrontiers in psychology2015
Music Makes the World Go Round: The Impact of Musical Training on Non-musical Cognitive Functions-A Review.
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- Construction of a Chinese traditional instrumental music dataset: A validated set of naturalistic affective music excerpts.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
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- Music Therapy Enhances Episodic Memory in Alzheimer's and Mixed Dementia: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Misjudgement of One's Own Performance? Exploring Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADHD) and Individual Difference in Complex Music and Foreign Language Perception.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Longitudinal effects of choir singing on aging cognition and wellbeing: a two-year follow-up study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Musical training refines audiovisual integration but does not influence temporal recalibration.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Perspectives on the Molecular Mediators of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Strategies in the Context of Neuroprotection and Neurolongevity: An Extensive Review.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Review
- The sexual selection of creativity: A nomological approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Executive Function Training for Deaf Children: Impact of a Music Intervention.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2021Article
- Music is similar to language in terms of working memory interference.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2021Article
- Impact of music-based intervention on verbal memory: an experimental behavioral study with older adults.Cognitive processing · 2021Article
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Abstract
Musical training is becoming increasingly popular as a topic for scientific research. Here we review the available studies investigating whether and to which degree musical experience generalizes to cognitive functions unrelated to music abilities in healthy humans. In general, it seems that musical training is associated with enhancing effects, even if sometimes only restricted to the auditory domain, on various cognitive functions spanning from executive control to creativity. We conclude that musical engagement may be a useful cognitive training to promote cognitive enhancement, but more research using longitudinal studies and taking into account individual differences is necessary to determine actual benefits.
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