Sight-over-sound effect depends on interaction between evaluators' musical experience and auditory-visual integration: An examination using Japanese brass band competition recordings
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.The sight-over-sound effect, where visuals influence music judgment, is less pronounced in experienced brass band musicians. Musical experience, not just being a musician, impacts how visual and auditory cues are integrated during evaluation.
Area Of Science
- Psychology
- Music Cognition
- Multisensory Integration
Background
- The sight-over-sound effect challenges the primacy of auditory cues in music evaluation.
- Replicability of this effect across musical genres and experience levels is debated.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the sight-over-sound effect in Japanese brass band music.
- To determine the influence of musical experience on the integration of visual and auditory information in music evaluation.
Main Methods
- Controlled evaluation of Japanese brass band competition recordings.
- Participant groups: brass band musicians, non-brass band musicians, and non-musicians.
- Statistical analysis of subjective evaluations across different experience levels.
Main Results
- The sight-over-sound effect was significant in non-brass band musicians (p < 0.001).
- The effect was absent in brass band musicians (p = 0.48) and non-musicians (p = 0.37).
- Auditory training appears to mitigate visual dominance in music evaluation.
Conclusions
- Musical experience, particularly auditory training, modulates the sight-over-sound effect.
- Evaluators without specific musical training may not consistently prioritize visual information.
- Findings highlight the need to balance visual and auditory influences in music education and assessment.
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