Possible Benefits of Playing Music Video Games

..................................................................................................................................iii List of Tables..........................................................................................................................vi List of Figures........................................................................................................................vii Chapter 1 Research on Musical Training: What Makes Musicians Special?.........................2 Functional Differences...............................................................................................2 Physiological Differences..........................................................................................4 Additional Influences.................................................................................................6 Chapter 2 Possible Effects of Music Video Games ......................................................8 Chapter 3 Methods ..............................................................................................................11 Participants..............................................................................................................11 Musicians........................................................................................12 Gamers............................................................................................13 Controls...........................................................................................14 Measures and Stimuli................................................................................................14 Profile of Music Perception Skills .................................................14 Rock Band.......................................................................................15 Useful Field of View.......................................................................16 The Big Five Inventory...................................................................18 Data analysis...................................................................................19 Chapter 4 Results ...................................................................................................................21 Profile of Music Perception Skills Task ...................................................................21 Validation of Participant Groups...............................................................................26