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Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents
In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the development of working memory in musically trained and nontrained children and adolescents, aged 9–20. We measured working memory with the Digit Span (DS) forwards and backwards tests (N = 106) and the Trail-Making A and B (TMT-A and B; N = 104)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31780907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00062 |
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author | Saarikivi, Katri Annukka Huotilainen, Minna Tervaniemi, Mari Putkinen, Vesa |
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description | In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the development of working memory in musically trained and nontrained children and adolescents, aged 9–20. We measured working memory with the Digit Span (DS) forwards and backwards tests (N = 106) and the Trail-Making A and B (TMT-A and B; N = 104) tests three times, in 2011, 2013, and 2016. We expected that musically trained participants would outperform peers with no musical training. Indeed, we found that the younger musically trained participants, in particular, outperformed their nontrained peers in the TMT-A, TMT-B and DS forwards tests. These tests all primarily require active maintenance of a rule in memory or immediate recall. In contrast, we found no group differences in the backwards test that requires manipulation and updating of information in working memory. These results suggest that musical training is more strongly associated with heightened working memory capacity and maintenance than enhanced working memory updating, especially in late childhood and early adolescence. |
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spelling | pubmed-68512662019-11-28 Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents Saarikivi, Katri Annukka Huotilainen, Minna Tervaniemi, Mari Putkinen, Vesa Front Integr Neurosci Neuroscience In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the development of working memory in musically trained and nontrained children and adolescents, aged 9–20. We measured working memory with the Digit Span (DS) forwards and backwards tests (N = 106) and the Trail-Making A and B (TMT-A and B; N = 104) tests three times, in 2011, 2013, and 2016. We expected that musically trained participants would outperform peers with no musical training. Indeed, we found that the younger musically trained participants, in particular, outperformed their nontrained peers in the TMT-A, TMT-B and DS forwards tests. These tests all primarily require active maintenance of a rule in memory or immediate recall. In contrast, we found no group differences in the backwards test that requires manipulation and updating of information in working memory. These results suggest that musical training is more strongly associated with heightened working memory capacity and maintenance than enhanced working memory updating, especially in late childhood and early adolescence. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6851266/ /pubmed/31780907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00062 Text en Copyright © 2019 Saarikivi, Huotilainen, Tervaniemi and Putkinen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Saarikivi, Katri Annukka Huotilainen, Minna Tervaniemi, Mari Putkinen, Vesa Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title | Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title_full | Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title_short | Selectively Enhanced Development of Working Memory in Musically Trained Children and Adolescents |
title_sort | selectively enhanced development of working memory in musically trained children and adolescents |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31780907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00062 |
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