General intelligence and modality-specific differences in performance: a response to Schellenberg

Adam T. Tierney; Tonya R. Bergeson; David B. Pisoni; Tonya Bergeson-Dana

doi:10.18061/1811/36607

General intelligence and modality-specific differences in performance: a response to Schellenberg

Adam T. Tierney, Tonya R. Bergeson, David B. Pisoni, Tonya Bergeson-Dana

Butler University

Butler University

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Abstract

Tierney et al. (2008) reported that musicians performed better on an auditory sequence memory task when compared to non-musicians, but the two groups did not differ in performance on a sequential visuo-spatial memory task. Schellenberg (2008) claims that these results can be attributed entirely to differences in IQ. This explanation, however, cannot account for the fact that the musicians’ advantage was modality-specific.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18061/1811/36607
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

general aptitude
memory span
music performance
musical training
sequence learning
skilled musicians

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Communication

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