The Associations Between Music Training, Musical Working Memory, and Visuospatial Working Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21557347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastian Silas (0000-0001-8140-6528, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, Hanover, Germany, corresponding author), Daniel Müllensiefen (0000-0001-7297-1760, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom), Rebecca W Gelding (0000-0003-4883-8075, Macquarie University), Rebecca Gelding (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), Klaus Frieler (0000-0002-6055-377X, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt/M., Germany), Peter M C Harrison (0000-0002-9851-9462, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-420 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-7829 • E-ISSN: 1533-8312 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/mp.2022.39.4.401 |
| OpenAlex | W4224294939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 79 |
Prior research studying the relationship between music training (MT) and more general cognitive faculties, such as visuospatial working memory (VSWM), often fails to include tests of musical memory. This may result in causal pathways between MT and other such variables being misrepresented, potentially explaining certain ambiguous findings in the literature concerning the relationship between MT and executive functions. Here we address this problem using latent variable modeling and causal modeling to study a triplet of variables related to working memory: MT, musical working memory (MWM), and VSWM. The triplet framing allows for the potential application of d-separation (similar to mediation analysis) and V-structure search, which is particularly useful since, in the absence of expensive randomized control trials, it can test causal hypotheses using cross-sectional data. We collected data from 148 participants using a battery of MWM and VSWM tasks as well as a MT questionnaire. Our results suggest: 1) VSWM and MT are unrelated, conditional on MWM; and 2) by implication, there is no far transfer between MT and VSWM without near transfer. However, the data are unable to distinguish an unambiguous causal structure. We conclude by discussing the possibility of extending these models to incorporate more complex or cyclic effects
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Executive functions · Latent variable · Machine learning · Mediation · Structural equation modeling · Working memory · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |