Abstract

Recent research suggests that linguistic and musical information are processed by shared working memory resources in non-musicians. However, it is still unclear how musical information is actively maintained by those with extensive musical experience. Some evidence suggests that those with musical experience may utilize distinct processing systems for the active maintenance of linguistic and musical information. To explore this possibility, a cross-modal interference paradigm was used in which those with and without musical experience were presented with an initial stimulus (word or chord), followed by intervening stimuli (words, chords, or silence), and then a comparison stimulus (word or chord). The participants’ task was to indicate whether the comparison stimulus was the same or different from the initial stimulus. Results revealed a pattern of data that would be expected if the active maintenance of linguistic and musical information was accomplished by distinct systems in those with musical experience and a unitary system in non-musicians.

摘要

最近的研究表明，语言和音乐信息是由非音乐家共享的工作记忆资源处理的。然而，目前尚不清楚那些拥有丰富音乐经验的人是如何积极维护音乐信息的。一些证据表明，那些有音乐经验的人可能会利用不同的处理系统来主动维护语言和音乐信息。为了探索这种可能性，我们使用了一种跨模态干扰范式，其中有和没有音乐经验的人被呈现初始刺激（单词或和弦），然后是干预刺激（单词、和弦或静音），然后进行比较刺激（单词或和弦）。参与者的任务是指出比较刺激是否与初始刺激相同或不同。