| Pitch discrimination accuracy in musicians vs nonmusicians: an event-related potential and behavioral study. | |
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PMID: 15551089 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Previously, professional violin players were found to automatically discriminate tiny pitch changes, not discriminable by nonmusicians. The present study addressed the pitch processing accuracy in musicians with expertise in playing a wide selection of instruments (e.g., piano; wind and string instruments). Of specific interest was whether also musicians with such divergent backgrounds have facilitated accuracy in automatic and/or attentive levels of auditory processing. Thirteen professional musicians and 13 nonmusicians were presented with frequent standard sounds and rare deviant sounds (0.8, 2, or 4% higher in frequency). Auditory event-related potentials evoked by these sounds were recorded while first the subjects read a self-chosen book and second they indicated behaviorally the detection of sounds with deviant frequency. Musicians detected the pitch changes faster and more accurately than nonmusicians. The N2b and P3 responses recorded during attentive listening had larger amplitude in musicians than in nonmusicians. Interestingly, the superiority in pitch discrimination accuracy in musicians over nonmusicians was observed not only with the 0.8% but also with the 2% frequency changes. Moreover, also nonmusicians detected quite reliably the smallest pitch changes of 0.8%. However, the mismatch negativity (MMN) and P3a recorded during a reading condition did not differentiate musicians and nonmusicians. These results suggest that musical expertise may exert its effects merely at attentive levels of processing and not necessarily already at the preattentive levels. |
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Authors:
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Mari Tervaniemi; Viola Just; Stefan Koelsch; Andreas Widmann; Erich Schröger |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2004-11-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale Volume: 161 ISSN: 0014-4819 ISO Abbreviation: Exp Brain Res Publication Date: 2005 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-02-02 Completed Date: 2005-05-24 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0043312 Medline TA: Exp Brain Res Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-10 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Brain Research Centre, PO Box 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. mari.tervaniemi@helsinki.fi |
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Acoustic Stimulation
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methods* Adult Evoked Potentials, Auditory / physiology* Female Humans Male Music* Pitch Discrimination / physiology* Reaction Time / physiology* |
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