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Sara Tze Kwan Li, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, ChinaChui Luen Vera Hau, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, China
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Music learning is a complex cognitive process. It remains unclear how visual and auditory musical perception is developed along the music learning trajectories during adulthood. This study examines music learning trajectories among younger adults using a 10-week training paradigm. Three groups of participants, including a melodica training group, a computer game training group, and a control group, with matched demographics, were recruited. The pre-tests and post-tests were arranged before and after the 10-week training period. The tests consisted of sequential matching tasks on visual musical perception (notes, segments reading) and auditory musical perception (notes, chords listening). Musicality was assessed by the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI). Repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine participants’ accuracy (ACC) and response time (RT) in the sequential matching tasks between the post-tests and pre-tests. No significant differences were shown in the ACC and RT of the sequential matching tasks between post-tests and pre-tests among the three groups. However, in Gold-MSI, the music training group showed a significant increase in musicality after the 10-week melodica training. In addition, the higher the increase in musicality, the higher the increase in the ACC between post-tests and pre-tests as shown in the visual and auditory perception of notes, but not segments and chords, among the music training group. No similar findings were observed in the other two groups. This study shows that musical skills may develop progressively with the visual and auditory perception of musical notes, with very limited near-transfer to complex musical elements, at the initial stage.
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Conference: ACP2025Stream: General Psychology
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Li S., & Hau C. (2025) Musical Skills Develop Progressively With the Visual and Auditory Perception of Musical Notes ISSN: 2187-4743 – The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2025 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 397-406) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4743.2025.31
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4743.2025.31
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