Altogether, we conducted an in-lab, in-person study investigating whether playing a musical instrument is associated with better short-term memory performance and other cognitive benefits, whether expert musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians.
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Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...