ArticleCognitive research: principles and implications2018
Musical training, bilingualism, and executive function: working memory and inhibitory control.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How is musical expertise related to executive functions? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis Reveals a Bilingual Advantage That Is Dependent on Task and Age.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
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- Language experience influences performance on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery: A cluster analysis.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2025Article
- Associations between music training and language fluency on cognitive control and processing speed.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Music training and language learning improve verbal memory performance but do not change white matter characteristics of the splenium: a longitudinal DTI study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Bilingual disadvantages are systematically compensated by bilingual advantages across tasks and populations.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Association between Working Memory and Divergent Thinking: The Moderating Role of Formal Musical Background.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Music training is related to late ERP modulation and enhanced performance during Simon task but not Stroop task.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Formal Music Training and Conflict Control: An ERP Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Musical and Multilingual Experience Are Related to Healthy Aging: Better Some Than None But Even Better Together.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Exploring individual differences in musical rhythm and grammar skills in school-aged children with typically developing language.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Are musical activities associated with enhanced speech perception in noise in adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Current research in neurobiology · 2023Review
- Musical experience prior to traumatic exposure as a resilience factor: a conceptual analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Functional neuroanatomy of arithmetic in monolingual and bilingual adults and children.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- Musical Aptitude as a Variable in the Assessment of Working Memory and Selective Attention Tasks.Journal of audiology & otology · 2021Article
- Attentional networks functioning and vigilance in expert musicians and non-musicians.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Effects of Music Training on the Auditory Working Memory of Chinese-Speaking School-Aged Children: A Longitudinal Intervention Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Foreign Language Learning as Cognitive Training to Prevent Old Age Disorders? Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Language Training vs. Musical Training and Social Interaction in Elderly With Subjective Cognitive Decline.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
The current study investigated whether long-term experience in music or a second language is associated with enhanced cognitive functioning. Early studies suggested the possibility of a cognitive advantage from musical training and bilingualism but have failed to be replicated by recent findings. Further, each form of expertise has been independently investigated leaving it unclear whether any benefits are specifically caused by each skill or are a result of skill learning in general. To assess whether cognitive benefits from training exist, and how unique they are to each training domain, the current study compared musicians and bilinguals to each other, plus to individuals who had expertise in both skills, or neither. Young adults (
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