Scientific journal paper Q1
Music ensemble: A large dataset on musicianship, cognition, and personality in musicians and nonmusicians
Francesca Talamini (Talamini, F.); Massimo Grassi (Grassi, M.); Gianmarco Altoè (Altoè, G.); Elvira Brattico (Brattico, E.); Anne Caclin (Caclin, A.); Barbara Carretti (Carretti, B.); Véronique Drai-Zerbib (Drai-Zerbib, V.); Laura Ferreri (Ferreri, L.); Filippo Gambarota (Gambarota, F.); Jessica Grahn (Grahnm, J.); Lucrezia Guiotto Nai Fovino (Fovino, L. G. N.); Marco Roccato (Roccato, M.); Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells (Rodriguez-Fornells, A.); Swathi Swaminathan (Swaminathan, S.); Barbara Tillmann (Tillmann, B.); Peter Vuust (Vuust, P.); Jonathan Wilbiks (Wilbiks, J.); Marcel Zentner (Zentner, M.); Karla Aguilar (Aguilar, K.); Christ B. Aryanto (Aryanto, C. B.); Frederico C. Assis Leite (Leite, F. C. A.); Aissa Baldé (Baldé, A. M.); Deniz Başkent (Başkent, D.); Laura Bishop (Bishop, L.); Graziela Bortz (Bortz, G.); Fleur L. Bouwer (Bouwer, F. L.); Axelle Calcus (Calcus, A.); Giulio Carraturo (Carraturo, G.); Antonia Čerič (Čerič, A.); Antonio Criscuolo (Criscuolo, A.); Léo Dairain (Dairain, L.); Simone Dalla Bella (Dalla Bella, S.); Oscar Daniel (Daniel, O.); Anne Danielsen (Danielsen, A.); Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux (de Parcevaux, A.-I.); Delphine Dellacherie (Dellacherie, D.); Verónica Detlefsen (Detlefsen, V.); Tor Endestad (Endestad, T.); Victor Cepero-Escribano (Cepero-Escribano, V.); Juliana L. d. B. Fialho (Fialho, J. L. d. B.); Caitlin Fitzpatrick (Fitzpatrick, C.); Anna Fiveash (Fiveash, A.); Juliette Fortier (Fortier, J.); Noah R. Fram (Fram, N. R.); Eleonora Fullone (Fullone, E.); Stefanie Gloggengießer (Gloggengießer, S.); Lucia Gonzalez Sanchez (Gonzalez Sanchez, L.); Reyna L. Gordon (Gordon, R. L.); Mathilde Groussard (Groussard, M.); Assal Habibi (Habibi, A.); Heidi M. U. Hansen (Hansen, H. M. U.); Eleanor E. Harding (Harding, E. E.); Kirsty Hawkins (Hawkins, K.); Steffen A. Herff (Herff, S. A.); Veikka P. Holma (Holma, V. P.); Kelly Jakubowski (Jakubowski, K.); Maria G. Jol (Jol, M. G.); Aarushi Kalsi (Kalsi, A.); Veronica Kandro (Kandro, V.); Rosaliina Kelo (Kelo, R.); Sonja A. Kotz (Kotz, S. A.); Gangothri S. Ladegam (Ladegam, G. S.); Bruno Laeng (Laeng, B.); André Lee (Lee, A.); Miriam Lense (Lense, M.); César Lima (Lima, C. F.); Simon P. Limmer (Limmer, S. P.); Chengran K. Liu (Liu, C. K.); Paulina d. C. Martín Sánchez (Martín Sánchez, P. d. C.); Langley McEntyre (McEntyre, L.); Jessica P. Michael (Michael, J. P.); Daniel Mirman (Mirman, D.); Julieta Moltrasio (Moltrasio, J.); Daniel Müllensiefen (Müllensiefen, D.); Niloufar Najafi (Najafi, N.); Jaakko Nokkala (Nokkala, J.); Ndassi Nzonlang (Nzonlang, N.); Maria Gabriela M. Oliveira (Oliveira, M. G. M.); Katie Overy (Overy, K.); Andrew J. Oxenham (Oxenham, A. J.); Edoardo Passarotto (Passarotto, E.); Marie-Elisabeth Plasse (Plasse, M.-E.); Herve Platel (Platel, H.); Alice Poissonnier (Poissonnier, A.); Vasiliki Provias (Provias, V.); Neha Rajappa (Rajappa, N.); Pablo Ripolles (Ripolles, P.); Michaela Ritchie (Ritchie, M.); Italo Ramon Rodrigues Menezes (Menezes, I. R. R.); Rafael Román-Caballero (Román-Caballero, R.); Paula Roncaglia (Roncaglia, P.); Wanda Rubinstein (Rubinstein, W.); Farrah Y.-A. Sa’adullah (Sa’adullah, F. Y.-A.); Suvi Saarikallio (Saarikallio, S.); Daniela Sammler (Sammler, D.); Séverine Samson (Samson, S.); Edward Schellenberg (Schellenberg, E. G.); Nora R. Serres (Serres, N. R.); L. Robert Slevc (Slevc, L. R.); Ragnya-Norasoa Souffiane (Souffiane, R.-N.); Florian J. Strauch (Strauch, F. J.); Hannah Strauss (Strauss, H.); Nicholas Tantengco (Tantengco, N.); Mari Tervaniemi (Tervaniemi, M.); Rachel Thompson (Thompson, R.); Renee Timmers (Timmers, R.); Petri Toiviainen (Toiviainen, P.); Laurel J. Trainor (Trainor, L. J.); Clara Tuske (Tuske, C.); Jed Villanueva (Villanueva, J.); Claudia C. von Bastian (von Bastian, C. C.); Kelly L. Whiteford (Whiteford, K. L.); Emily A. Wood (Wood, E. A.); Florian Worschech (Worschech, F.); Ana Zappa (Zappa, A.); et al.
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2026
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Abstract
The Music Ensemble dataset is a large-scale, cross-national database that provides detailed information about the musical, cognitive, personality, and demographic profiles of young adult musicians and nonmusicians. Data were collected from 1438 participants (aged 18–30) across thirty-five research sites in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. Participants completed an in-person, in-lab battery of objective tests, including measures of verbal, visuospatial and musical short-term memory, executive functions (updating component), nonverbal reasoning, verbal comprehension, and music perception skills. The battery also included standardized and custom self-report questionnaires assessing music sophistication, music reward, personality traits, socioeconomic status, and demographic characteristics. Music Ensemble was preregistered, and the research protocol followed a standardized procedure across sites. The dataset also includes a large subsample of musicians and nonmusicians that are pair-matched for age, gender, and education (678 pairs). It enables well-powered investigations into the relationship between musical expertise and individual differences in cognition, personality, and demographic variables. It is also suitable for training in statistical and psychometric methods.
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Keywords
  • Mathematics - Natural Sciences
  • Computer and Information Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Other Natural Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Educational Sciences - Social Sciences
  • Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences
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117 Danish National Research Foundation
DE220100783 Australian Research Council
VI.Veni.201 G.066 Dutch Research Council (NWO)