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Personality traits in musicians with different types of music performance anxiety [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis study investigated the relationship between personality traits and MPA in the course of a specific performance.MethodsFor this purpose, symptoms of MPA, functional coping with MPA and performance-related self-efficacy of a sample of 393 ...
Claudia Spahn +5 more
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Subcortical gray matter aging and attentional control in amateur musicians and nonmusicians. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciAbstract Aging is associated with declines in attentional control. While most studies have explored the relationship between brain structure and attention at the cortical level, subcortical structures remain largely overlooked. Leisure activities, such as musical practice, are thought to promote brain reorganization and help preserve ...
Sicard A, Tremblay P.
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Validation of the Japanese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe Japanese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised (K-MPAI-R) has been developed but not yet been validated. This study aims to validate and certify the Japanese version of the K-MPAI-R.
Sakie Takagi +6 more
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Unpacking musical beauty: Sound, emotion, and impact differences across expertise and personality. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBeauty is an aesthetic quality that many composers and performers strive to attain and that most listeners value highly in music. Yet, what listeners hear and feel when they find music beautiful, the impact this experience has on them, and wherein lie ...
Yuko Arthurs, Eve Merlini, Diana Omigie
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Musicians as Athletes: Injury and Recovery in a Cohort Of Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Professional Musicians [PDF]
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports MedicineBackground: The highly repetitive and precise motions of playing an instrument are risks for playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD). Prior studies report an injury rate of 39 to over 90% in professionals (1–3) with similar rates reported in ...
Meghan Whalen BS, Jeremi Carswell MD
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The effects of musical practice on the well-being, mental health and social support of student, amateur, and professional musicians in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThis pan-Canadian study investigates the effects of musical practice on the well-being, mental health, and social support of Canadian musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a survey questionnaire, data was collected from 1,618 participants aged 14
Audrey-Kristel Barbeau +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Music impacting on speech processing is vividly evidenced in most reports involving professional musicians, while the question of whether the facilitative effects of music are limited to experts or may extend to amateurs remains to be resolved.
Jiaqiang Zhu +2 more
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Choral Singing and the Subjective Sense of Life Satisfaction
Nova Prisutnost, 2022 Leisure has a rich social, psychological and educational potential. Choral singing is one of the most common organized musical leisure activities, which is, according to numerous studies, in addition to the obvious primary musical function, unattributed ...
Antoaneta Radočaj-Jerković
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Tapping Performance of Professional and Amateur Darbuka Players
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Motor skills of professional musicians can be regarded as a model to investigate human skill acquisition after prolonged practice. Although rhythmic tapping skills of musicians such as drummers and pianists were investigated previously, the tapping ...
Kazuaki Honda +2 more
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Brain Sciences, 2021 Cognitive flexibility enables the rapid change in goals humans want to attain in everyday life as well as in professional contexts, e.g., as musicians. In the laboratory, cognitive flexibility is usually assessed using the task-switching paradigm.
Miriam Gade, Kathrin Schlemmer
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