Overlapping Effects of Music Training on Multisensory and Emotion Processing: A Systematic Review.

Area of Science:

• Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology
• Music Psychology

Background:

• Musicians exhibit enhanced audiovisual and emotion recognition.
• These abilities are often impaired in conditions like autism and schizophrenia.
• Research on music's impact on these domains has been largely separate.

Purpose of the Study:

• To systematically review music training's effects on audiovisual and emotion recognition.
• To identify overlaps and similarities between these processes.
• To assess music training factors and transfer effects beyond music.

Main Methods:

• Systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.
• Analysis of 64 identified research papers.
• Examination of audiovisual processing, emotion processing, and both.

Main Results:

• Consistent musician advantage in audiovisual temporal correspondence, extending beyond music.
• Musicians show enhanced basic emotion recognition from speech prosody, with some evidence for complex emotions.
• A shared neural network (anterior cingulate cortex, superior frontal gyrus) was identified.

Conclusions:

• Music training shapes audiovisual and emotion recognition similarly.
• Shared neural mechanisms underlie these music-induced enhancements.
• Further research should explore combined music interventions for multisensory and emotion recognition.