Recently, age-related hippocampal (HP) volume loss could be associated with a decrease in general fluid intelligence (gF). In the present study we investigated whether and how extensive musical training modulates human HP volume and gF performance. Previously, some studies demonstrated positive effects of musical training on higher cognitive functions such as learning and memory, associated wit...

People listen to music on a daily basis, whether it is in the car, on the radio, on a television commercial, in an elevator, or at a concert; music is ubiquitous. Rentfrow and Gosling's (2003) developed a theory of musical preferences. This theory includes aspects of personality, self-views, and cognitive abilities and how they can all play roles in forming a musical preference. Social and phys...

Being "in flow" or "in the zone" is defined as an extremely focused state of consciousness which occurs during intense engagement in an activity. In general, flow has been linked to peak performances (high achievement) and feelings of intense pleasure and happiness. However, empirical research on flow in music performance is scarce, although it may offer novel insights into the question of why ...

The paper presents the interactive music system SoloJam, which allows a group of participants with little or no musical training to effectively play together in a “band-like” setting. It allows the participants to take turns playing solos made up of rhythmic pattern sequences. We specify the issue at hand for enabling such participation as being the requirement of decentralised coherent circula...

The article considers the criterion apparatus and methods of diagnostics musical-rhythmic competence future teachers music choreography. structure this phenomenon defines: information-oriented, musical-developmental productive-creative components, each which includes elements that characterize reveal their essence. information-oriented component is characterized by content educational material,...

following the widespread acceptance of multiple intelligences theory, thomas armstrong (1984), in the initiative action, integrated it with bloom's taxonomy and enriched the theory. actually, armstrong helped remarkable by this integration to classify each of multiple intelligences in each of the six levels of cognitive domain, as well as better planning and targeting and designing curricu...

INTRODUCTION Children with cochlear implants (CIs) may experience few opportunities for positive musical experiences, and musical perception is therefore often not sufficiently developed. This paper investigates and discusses the relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and musical ability in children with CIs compared with children with normal hearing. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a...

A goal of Artificial Intelligence is to develop computational models of what would be considered intelligent behaviour in a human. One such task is that of musical performance. This research specifically focuses on aspects of performance related to the performance of musical duets. We present the research in the context of developing a cooperative performance system that would be capable of per...