Improved effectiveness of performance monitoring in amateur instrumental musicians

被引:25
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作者
Jentzsch, Ines [1 ]
Mkrtchian, Anahit [1 ]
Kansal, Nayantara [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Psychol & Neurosci, St Andrews KY16 9JP, Fife, Scotland
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
Amateur musicians; Instrumental practice; Executive functions; Response monitoring; Conflict; Error-related negativity; ERROR-RELATED ERPS; DELIBERATE PRACTICE; BRAIN PLASTICITY; PLAYS MUSIC; LESSONS; AGE; INTELLIGENCE; ADJUSTMENTS; ACQUISITION; PERCEPTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.09.025
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Here we report a cross-sectional study investigating the influence of instrumental music practice on the ability to monitor for and respond to processing conflicts and performance errors. Behavioural and electrophysiological indicators of response monitoring in amateur musicians with various skill levels were collected using simple conflict tasks. The results show that instrumental musicians are better able than non-musicians to detect conflicts and errors as indicated by systematic increases in the amplitude of the error-related negativity and the N200 with increasing levels of instrumental practice. Also, high levels of musical training were associated with more efficient and less reactive responses after experience of conflicts and errors as indicated by reduced post-error interference and post-conflict processing adjustments. Together, the present findings suggest that playing a musical instrument might improve the ability to monitor our behavior and adjust our responses effectively when needed. As these processes are amongst the first to be affected by cognitive aging, our evidence could promote musical activity as a realistic intervention to slow or even prevent age-related decline in frontal cortex mediated executive functioning. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:117 / 124
页数:8
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