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Does music training enhance auditory and linguistic processing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral and brain evidence
Título Revista
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2022
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
It is often claimed that music training improves auditory and linguistic skills. Results of individual studies are mixed, however, and most evidence is correlational, precluding inferences of causation. Here, we evaluated data from 62 longitudinal studies that examined whether music training programs affect behavioral and brain measures of auditory and linguistic processing (N = 3928). For the behavioral data, a multivariate meta-analysis revealed a small positive effect of music training on both auditory and linguistic measures, regardless of the type of assignment (random vs. non-random), training (instrumental vs. non-instrumental), and control group (active vs. passive). The trim-and-fill method provided suggestive evidence of publication bias, but meta-regression methods (PET-PEESE) did not. For the brain data, a narrative synthesis also documented benefits of music training, namely for measures of auditory processing and for measures of speech and prosody processing. Thus, the available literature provides evidence that music training produces small neurobehavioral enhancements in auditory and linguistic processing, although future studies are needed to confirm that such enhancements are not due to publication bias.
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Palavras-chave
Music training,Longitudinal,Auditory processing,Linguistic processing,Plasticity,Transfer,Neuroimaging,Electrophysiology,Meta-analysis,Systematic review,Narrative synthesis
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Medicina Básica - Ciências Médicas
- Psicologia - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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SFRH/BD/135604/2018 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
PTDC/PSI-GER/28274/2017 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
IF/00172/2015 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |