COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES BETWEEN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS.
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
Existing body of knowledge demonstrates that musicians experience improved mental abilities than non-musicians in variety of mental ability tasks. The present study made a comparison of cognitive abilities (immediate auditory and visual memory, auditory and visual working memory load, spatial thinking ability and cognitive information processing) between musicians (N=30, 19 males and 11 females) and non-musicians (N=30, 10 males and 20 females) of Nepal. All participants had similar level of education. The mean age of the participants from the musical group was M=26.97 years (SD= 3.285) and from non-musical group was M=23.83 years (SD= 1.487). Series of tests including Immediate Span of Memory (Visual and Auditory), Visual and Auditory n-back tasks, Cross Section Test and Digit Symbol Test (WAIS Form I) were performed. The results showed no significant difference in any of the aforementioned cognitive tasks between the two groups. Participants who did not perform well in one task could not perform well in other similar tasks also. Results from the present study indicate that intelligence perhaps may not be a unitary construct as it possibly could be affected by variables including cultural framework, level of educational experience and increase in age. In spite of the fact that studies such as these are mostly conducted in the western context, comprehensive analysis of the non-western cultures may as well provide wealth of unexplored knowledge on music cognition. Nonetheless, this study tried to explore the probable causes for the variability of results between the West and the East.
Authors and Affiliations
Gaurav Devkota.
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP633448
- DOI 10.21474/IJAR01/9525
- Views 104
- Downloads 0
THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUTPUT, MONEY, AND PRICES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SYRIA.
The aim of this study is to examine the long-run relationship between nominal GDP, money supply and inflation rate in Syria over the period 1980-2012. Using annual data, the Johansen Co-integration analysis was applied i...
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EFFECTS IN OLDER PEOPLE AT RISK WITH FRAGILITY SYNDROME.
The great challenge of public health referred to this age group is to promote the maintenance of functionality, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1999), in the document \\\"Aspects of public health in the...
QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNCTIONAL SAUSAGE EMULSIFIED BY LOW FAT WITH SILKWORM POWDER AND SILKWORM CORDYCEPS.
This study was done to prepare functional sausages using silkworm powder and silkworm cordyceps. The pH values of the treated groups were significantly higher than that of non-treated group (p<0.05). TBARS values were si...
TOTAL PARATHROIDECTOMY WITH AUTOTRANSPLANTATION VERSUS SUBTOTAL PARATHYROIDECTOMY AS DIFFERENT MODALITIES IN MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM.
Background: secondary hyperparathyroidism is a common problem in patients with chronic renal failure. The optimal surgery in management of secondary hyperparathyroidism still controversial. Total parathyroidectomy with a...
BENEFITS OF DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING (DGBL) FOR ENGLISH LEARNING.
The rapid development of English teaching method in recent years has brought out several new ideas to fruition, such as using entertainment media (such as movies or music) to support English learning. One of those entert...