Advanced Music Training and Executive Function: A Neurocognitive Study

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dc.contributor.advisorAlfano, Dennis P.
dc.contributor.authorSabir, Shamma Miriam
dc.contributor.committeememberArbuthnott, Katherine D.
dc.contributor.committeememberMacLennan, Richard
dc.contributor.externalexaminerMaslany, W. George
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-23T21:30:48Z
dc.date.available2012-11-23T21:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Psychology, University of Regina. vi, 81 l.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to assess the relationship between advanced music training and neurocognitive functioning, with specific focus on executive function, working memory, and tactile interhemispheric transfer. Twenty professional musicians and a comparison group of 19 individuals with no formal music training or performance experience completed a battery of measures of executive functioning, working memory, and interhemispheric transfer. The musician group had an average of 20.4 years (SD = 9.6) of formal music training and had started formal music training at a mean age of 5.8 years (SD = 2.5). Results revealed significantly better performance of the musicians group on the Word, Colour, and Interference portions of the Stroop Test and on a test of tactile interhemispheric transfer. These findings provide support for the idea that advanced music training has a positive relationship with some aspects of executive function and interhemispheric transfer, and may have implications for the potential use of music training for therapeutic purposes, as well as for educational programming and policies regarding early music education in the classroom.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-3645
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttp://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/3645/Sabir_Shamma_200234969_MA_PSYC_Fall_2012.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/3645
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Instruction and study--Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Instruction and study--Physiological aspects
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Physiological aspects
dc.subject.lcshMusicians--Psychology
dc.subject.lcshCognitive neuroscience
dc.subject.lcshExecutive functions (Neuropsychology)
dc.subject.lcshShort-term memory
dc.subject.lcshBrain--Localization of functions
dc.titleAdvanced Music Training and Executive Function: A Neurocognitive Studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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