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  The associations between music training, musical working memory, and visuospatial working memory: An opportunity for causal modeling

Silas, S., Müllensiefen, D., Gelding, R., Frieler, K., & Harrison, P. M. C. (2022). The associations between music training, musical working memory, and visuospatial working memory: An opportunity for causal modeling. Music Perception, 39(4), 401-420. doi:10.1525/mp.2022.39.4.401.

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Silas, Sebastian1, Author
Müllensiefen, Daniel2, Author
Gelding, Rebecca3, Author
Frieler, Klaus4, Author           
Harrison, Peter M. C.5, Author
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1Department of Musicology, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hanover, Neues Haus 1, 30175 Germany, ou_persistent22              
2Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom, ou_persistent22              
3Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, ou_persistent22              
4Scientific Services, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2421698              
5University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: working memory, causal modeling, music training, musical working memory, visuospatial working memory
 Abstract: Prior research studying the relationship between music training (MT) and more general cognitive faculties, such as visuospatial working memory (VSWM), often fails to include tests of musical memory. This may result in causal pathways between MT and other such variables being misrepresented, potentially explaining certain ambiguous findings in the literature concerning the relationship between MT and executive functions. Here we address this problem using latent variable modeling and causal modeling to study a triplet of variables related to working memory: MT, musical working memory (MWM), and VSWM. The triplet framing allows for the potential application of d-separation (similar to mediation analysis) and V-structure search, which is particularly useful since, in the absence of expensive randomized control trials, it can test causal hypotheses using cross-sectional data. We collected data from 148 participants using a battery of MWM and VSWM tasks as well as a MT questionnaire. Our results suggest: 1) VSWM and MT are unrelated, conditional on MWM; and 2) by implication, there is no far transfer between MT and VSWM without near transfer. However, the data are unable to distinguish an unambiguous causal structure. We conclude by discussing the possibility of extending these models to incorporate more complex or cyclic effects.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021-03-192021-11-202022-04
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1525/mp.2022.39.4.401
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Title: Music Perception
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 39 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 401 - 420 Identifier: ISSN: 0730-7829
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925533029