To remember what one did yesterday is an example of an everyday episodic memory task,
in which a female advantage has sometimes been reported. Here, we quantify the impact of …

Musical skills and expertise vary greatly in Western societies. Individuals can differ in their
repertoire of musical behaviours as well as in the level of skill they display for any single …

Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …

active engagement with music has been associated with cognitive, emotional, and social
benefits, although measures of musicianship are typically limited to music training. A self …

The present study addresses visual attention and processing speed in primary school
children (N= 345; 7–8 years of age) who received either music (MC) or natural science …

This study presents a Japanese translation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index
(Gold-MSI). The index consists of 38 self-report questions and provides a general …

Involuntary musical imagery (INMI) describes the everyday phenomenon of having a tune
stuck in the head. Research has established the ubiquity of this form of spontaneous …

IN the very first issue of the iconic music magazine Rolling Stone, editor Jann Wenner
(1968) wrote that the content was “not just about the music, but about the things and …

Nonmusicians remember vocal melodies (ie, sung to la la) better than instrumental
melodies. If greater exposure to the voice contributes to those effects, then long-term …

With changes in musical technology, it is increasingly common for employees to listen to
music at work. Research from a wide variety of scientific fields has demonstrated that music …