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Music ensemble: A large dataset on musicianship, cognition, and personality in musicians and nonmusicians
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Ano (publicação definitiva)
2026
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
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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Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Matemáticas - Ciências Naturais
- Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Ciências Naturais
- Outras Ciências Naturais - Ciências Naturais
- Ciências da Educação - Ciências Sociais
- Outras Ciências Sociais - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
| Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
|---|---|
| 117 | Danish National Research Foundation |
| DE220100783 | Australian Research Council |
| VI.Veni.201 G.066 | Dutch Research Council (NWO) |
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