Musical expertise promotes both the perception and the processing of music. The aim of the
present study was to analyze if musicians compared to non-musicians already have auditory …

Previously, professional violin players were found to automatically discriminate tiny pitch
changes, not discriminable by nonmusicians. The present study addressed the pitch …

The present study addressed the effects of musicianship on neural and behavioral
discrimination of Western music chords. In abstract oddball paradigms, minor chords and …

Musicians are highly trained to discriminate fine pitch changes but the neural bases of this
ability are poorly understood. It is unclear whether such training-dependent differences in …

Cortical auditory evoked potentials of instrumental musicians suggest that music expertise
modifies pitch processing, yet less is known about vocal musicians. Mismatch negativity …

This study investigates the effects of music training on brain activity to violations of melodic
expectancies. We recorded behavioral and event-related brain potential (ERP) responses of …

Previous studies suggest that pre-attentive auditory processing of musicians differs
depending on the strategies used in music practicing and performance. This study aimed at …

Musicians' skills in auditory processing depend highly on instrument, performance practice,
and on level of expertise. Yet, it is not known though whether the style/genre of music might …

Automatic cortical sound discrimination, as indexed by the mismatch negativity (MMN)
component of the auditory evoked potential, is facilitated for familiar speech sounds …

To increase our understanding of auditory neurocognition in musicians, we compared
nonmusicians with amateur band musicians in their neural and behavioral sound encoding …