PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Electrodermal Activity, Music Lesson, Emotivism
Document Summary
Many aspects of music perception and cognition are not affected by explicit instruction. But some differences do exist: pre-cortical processing of musical sound is different for musicians compared to non-musicians. Move from the ears inwards: cortical processing reflects expertise-based differences for sounds produced by the instrument the musician plays. Initial demonstration that passive exposure to classical music caused enhanced performance on spatial reasoning task. Popular press misreported effect as being about iq. Results made big splash in parenting/early child education circles; georgia state legislature: proposed budget to provide every newborn with classical music cd! But: subsequently shown to be temporary (minutes, effect not direct result of music but the arousal/mood modulations that music creates. Example: not all classical music creates the effect (needs to be upbeat, positive- sounding)" and rock music can also create the effect. Numerous studies have shown correlations between iq and music training.
