Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study

Grassi, Massimo; Talamini, Francesca; Altoè, Gianmarco; Brattico, Elvira; Caclin, Anne; Carretti, Barbara; Drai-Zerbib, Véronique; Ferreri, Laura; Gambarota, Filippo; A. Grahn, Jessica; Guiotto Nai Fovino, Lucrezia; Roccato, Marco; Rodríguez‐Fornells, Antoni; Swaminathan, Swathi; Tillmann, Barbara; Vuust, Peter; M. P. Wilbiks, Jonathan; Zentner, Marcel; Aguilar, Karla; Billy Aryanto, Christ; Leite, Francisca; M. Baldé, Aíssa; Başkent, Deniz; Bishop, Laura; Bortz, Graziela; L. Bouwer, Fleur; Calcus, Axelle; Carraturo, Giulio; Cepero-Escribano, Victor; Čerič, Antonia; Criscuolo, Antonio; Dairain, Léo; Dalla Bella, Simone; Daniel, Óscar; Danielsen, Anne; de Parcevaux, Anne-Isabelle; Dellacherie, Delphine; Endestad, Tor; L. d. B. Fialho, Juliana; Fitzpatrick, Caitlin; Fiveash, Anna; Fortier, Juliette; R. Fram, Noah; Fullone, Eleonora; Gloggengießer, Stefanie; Gonzalez Sanchez, Lucia; L. Gordon, Reyna; Groussard, Mathilde; Habibi, Assal; Marie Umbach Hansen, Heidi; Harding, Eleanor; Hawkins, Kirsty; A. Herff, Steffen; P. Holma, Veikka; Jakubowski, Kelly; G. Jol, Maria; Kalsi, Aarushi; Kandro, Veronica; Kelo, Rosaliina; A. Kotz, Sonja; S. Ladegam, Gangothri; Laeng, Bruno; Lee, André; Lense, Miriam; F. Lima, César; P. Limmer, Simon; Liu, Changlin; d. C. Martín Sánchez, Paulina; McEntyre, Langley; P. Michael, Jessica; Mirman, Daniel; Müllensiefen, Daniel; Najafi, Niloufar; Nokkala, Jaakko; Nzonlang, Ndassi; Gabriela Menezes Oliveira, Maria; Overy, Katie; J. Oxenham, Andrew; Passarotto, Edoardo; Plasse, Marie-Elisabeth; Platel, Hervé; Poissonnier, Alice; Rajappa, Neha; Ritchie, Michaela; Ramon Rodrigues Menezes, Italo; Román-Caballero, Rafael; Roncaglia, Paula; Y. Sa’adullah, Farrah; Saarikallio, Suvi; Sammler, Daniela; Samson, Séverine; Glenn Schellenberg, E.; R. Serres, Nora; Robert Slevc, L.; Souffiane, Ragnya-Norasoa; J. Strauch, Florian; Strauß, Hannah; Tantengco, Nicholas; Tervaniemi, Mari; Thompson, Rachel; Timmers, Renee; Toiviainen, Petri; J. Trainor, Laurel; Tuske, Clara; Villanueva, Jed; C. von Bastian, Claudia; L. Whiteford, Kelly; A. Wood, Emily; Worschech, Florian; Zappa, Ana

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Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study

Published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science • Oct 1, 2025

Authors:

Massimo Grassi

Francesca Talamini

Gianmarco Altoè

Abstract

Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicians with more than 10 years of music training and practice) are compared with nonmusicians. A frequently observed behavioral finding is a sho...

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Psychology

Set (abstract data type)

Cognitive psychology

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