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PLoS One November 2017 PMID 29049416

Musicians have better memory than nonmusicians: A meta-analysis.

Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Barbara Carretti, Massimo Grassi

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  • Musicians tend to perform better than nonmusicians in various memory tasks, including long-term, short-term, and working memory, with the strongest advantage seen in long-term memory.
  • The meta-analysis analyzed 29 studies and found that the improvement in memory performance for musicians was moderate to large, especially when the tasks involved tonal stimuli, while the advantage was smaller or null with visuospatial stimuli.
  • The effectiveness of musicians' memory skills varies depending on the type of stimulus used, highlighting that musical training may enhance certain types of memory more than others.
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音楽家はそうでない人に比べて短期記憶とワーキングメモリが高く、長期記憶も音楽家の方が少し優れているそうです。 https://t.co/gxsvRVMazN

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@KKunikullaya @ernest_mas @PabloRiVi @zatorrelab @musicbrainAU Thanks for your positive feedback! In the studies I showed we focused on non-musicians. For cool stuff on musicians' memory, check the work by @ft_tala and @massimo006

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音楽家はそうでない人に比べて短期記憶とワーキングメモリが高く、長期記憶も音楽家の方が少し優れているそうです。 https://t.co/gxsvRVMazN

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@KKunikullaya @ernest_mas @PabloRiVi @zatorrelab @musicbrainAU Thanks for your positive feedback! In the studies I showed we focused on non-musicians. For cool stuff on musicians' memory, check the work by @ft_tala and @massimo006

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楽器をやっている人は、そうでない人よりも、短期記憶やワーキングメモリが良かったそうですよ‼️ 部屋のインテリア化したギターを取り出して、練習再開(高校以来……)

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