Conference Paper: Music reading expertise selectively improves categorical judgment with musical notation

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TitleMusic reading expertise selectively improves categorical judgment with musical notation
AuthorsWong, YKL
Lau, JPC
Gauthier, I
Hsiao, JHW
Issue Date2011
PublisherPion Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://i-perception.perceptionweb.com/journal/I/
CitationThe 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV 2011), Hong Kong, 15-18 July 2011. In i-Perception, 2011, v. 2 n. 4, p. 347 [How to Cite?]
AbstractDifferent domains of perceptual expertise often lead to different hemispheric engagement (e.g. Kanwisher et al., 1997). Recent work suggests that the neural substrates engaged in musical reading are shifted from left hemisphere novice processing to bilateral processing in experts (Wong & Gauthier, 2010). To relate this shift to behavior, we tested whether music-reading training improves categorical and coordinate perceptual judgments, which are argued to rely on the left and right hemisphere respectively (Kosslyn et al., 1989). Music-reading experts and novices judged whether two sequentially presented music sequences were identical. The notes were either on a staff (categorical) or without a staff (coordinate) in either trained or untrained (90º rotated) orientations. Experts performed better than novices for categorical judgments, and the advantage was larger for the trained than untrained orientation. The two groups performed similarly for coordinate judgments. Music-reading fluency predicted performance in categorical judgments in the trained orientation in experts, while it predicted performance in all conditions in novices. This suggests that music-reading training selectively improves categorical judgments in the trained orientation, while music-reading ability in novices reflects general perceptual ability with notes. Future studies will clarify how these findings are related to the hemispheric shift in music-reading expertise.
Description2011 亞太視覺會議
Talk: Reading and crowding
Open Access Journal
ISSN2041-6695-(electronic)
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dc.contributor.authorWong, YKL
dc.contributor.authorLau, JPC
dc.contributor.authorGauthier, I
dc.contributor.authorHsiao, JHW
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-26T14:38:01Z
dc.date.available2011-08-26T14:38:01Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractDifferent domains of perceptual expertise often lead to different hemispheric engagement (e.g. Kanwisher et al., 1997). Recent work suggests that the neural substrates engaged in musical reading are shifted from left hemisphere novice processing to bilateral processing in experts (Wong & Gauthier, 2010). To relate this shift to behavior, we tested whether music-reading training improves categorical and coordinate perceptual judgments, which are argued to rely on the left and right hemisphere respectively (Kosslyn et al., 1989). Music-reading experts and novices judged whether two sequentially presented music sequences were identical. The notes were either on a staff (categorical) or without a staff (coordinate) in either trained or untrained (90º rotated) orientations. Experts performed better than novices for categorical judgments, and the advantage was larger for the trained than untrained orientation. The two groups performed similarly for coordinate judgments. Music-reading fluency predicted performance in categorical judgments in the trained orientation in experts, while it predicted performance in all conditions in novices. This suggests that music-reading training selectively improves categorical judgments in the trained orientation, while music-reading ability in novices reflects general perceptual ability with notes. Future studies will clarify how these findings are related to the hemispheric shift in music-reading expertise.
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dc.description2011 亞太視覺會議
dc.descriptionTalk: Reading and crowding
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.otherThe 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV 2011), Hong Kong, 15-18 July 2011. In i-Perception, 2011, v. 2 n. 4, p. 347
dc.identifier.citationThe 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV 2011), Hong Kong, 15-18 July 2011. In i-Perception, 2011, v. 2 n. 4, p. 347 [How to Cite?]
dc.identifier.epage347
dc.identifier.hkuros191812
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dc.identifier.issn2041-6695-(electronic)
dc.identifier.issue4
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dc.identifier.spage347
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/138006
dc.identifier.volume2
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPion Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://i-perception.perceptionweb.com/journal/I/
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofi-Perception
dc.titleMusic reading expertise selectively improves categorical judgment with musical notation
dc.typeConference_Paper