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  • Music Psychology

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  • Extensive music practice is theorized to improve cognitive abilities beyond musical skill.
  • Executive functions (EFs) are crucial for cognition, but their link to musical expertise is unclear due to conflicting research.
  • This study investigates the specific relationship between musical expertise and various EFs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if musical expertise correlates with enhanced executive functions in student pianists.
  • To identify which specific executive functions, if any, are associated with extensive music practice.
  • To explore the connection between executive functions and the quality of musical performance.

Main Methods:

  • Thirty-five student pianists underwent neuropsychological tests for executive functions (Trail Making Task, Design Fluency, Numerical Stroop, Tower of London).
  • Participants performed a musical excerpt to assess performance quality.
  • Musical expertise was measured by academic degree, lifetime practice duration, and performance quality.

Main Results:

  • Postgraduate piano students showed no significant advantage in EFs over undergraduates.
  • Greater lifetime music practice correlated only with faster visual reaction times on the Numerical Stroop task.
  • Scores on the Trail Making Task and Design Fluency predicted the quality of musical performance.

Conclusions:

  • Executive functions and the amount of music practice do not appear to be directly correlated in student pianists.
  • Certain executive functions and musical performance quality may share significant variance.
  • The findings suggest a complex interaction rather than a direct enhancement effect of music practice on EFs.