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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Auditory working memory mechanisms mediating the relationship between musicianship and auditory stream segregation.

Martha Liu, Isabelle Arseneau-Bruneau, Marcel Farrés Franch, Marie-Elise Latorre, Joshua Samuels, Emily Issa, Alexandre Payumo, Nayemur Rahman, Naíma Loureiro, Tsz Chun Matthew Leung and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Auditory scene analysis in music: A synthetic review.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Martha LiuMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Isabelle Arseneau-BruneauMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Marcel Farrés FranchMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Marie-Elise LatorreMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Joshua SamuelsMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Emily IssaMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Alexandre PayumoMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Nayemur RahmanMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Naíma LoureiroMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Tsz Chun Matthew LeungDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Brain and Mind, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Karli M NaveDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Brain and Mind, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Kristi M von HandorfDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Brain and Mind, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Joshua D HoddinottDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Brain and Mind, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Emily B J CoffeyDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Jessica GrahnDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Brain and Mind, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Robert J ZatorreMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the interactions between musicianship and two auditory cognitive processes: auditory working memory (AWM) and stream segregation. The primary hypothesis is that AWM could mediate a relationship between musical training and enhanced stream segregation capabilities. Two groups of listeners were tested: the first aimed to establish the relationship between the three variables, and the second aimed to replicate the effect in an independent sample. Music experience history and behavioral data were collected from a total of 145 healthy young adults with normal binaural hearing. The AWM task involved the manipulation of tonal patterns in working memory, while the Music-in-Noise Task (MINT) measured stream segregation abilities in a tonal context. The MINT expands measurements beyond traditional Speech-in-Noise assessments by capturing auditory subskills (rhythm, visual, spatial attention, prediction) relevant to stream segregation. Our results showed that musical training is associated with enhanced AWM and MINT performance and that this effect is replicable across independent samples. Moreover, we found in both samples that the enhancement of stream segregation was largely mediated by AWM capacity. The results suggest that musical training and/or aptitude enhances stream segregation by way of improved AWM capacity.

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auditory stream segregationauditory working memoryhearing-in-noisemusical trainingmusic perception

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PMCPMC11989347

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