Are mismatch negativity (MMN) responses and task performance during auditory perceptual learning modulated by personality factors in musicians vs non-musicians?

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Event Abstract Back to Event Are mismatch negativity (MMN) responses and task performance during auditory perceptual learning modulated by personality factors in musicians vs non-musicians? Miia Seppänen1, 2*, Pentti Henttone1, 2, 3 and Mari Tervaniemi1, 2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä , Finland 3 Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, Finland Background: Musicians show superior auditory discrimination according to behavioural performance and mismatch (MMN) responses compared with non-musicians. It is not well known whether individual personality factors modulate auditory perceptual learning differently between musicians and non-musicians. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine how personality factors influence on MMN responses and behavioural task performance between musicians and non-musicians during auditory perceptual learning. Methods: EEG was recorded from musicians and non-musicians while listening to auditory stimuli passively (watching a muted movie) or actively (pushing a button when hearing a deviant sound). In the active task, a visual feedback was given after correct responses. Stimuli consisted of pitch, duration and sound location deviant sounds (all with three difficulty levels) occurring infrequently among frequent standard sounds. In the second session, personality questionnaires such as Cloninger Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were self-administered. Attentional and short-term auditory memory skills were controlled by standardized tests. Results: Analysis will provide insight about the influence of individual personality factors on auditory perceptual learning between musicians and non-musicians. Conclusions: Results will clarify whether personality factors should be taken into more careful consideration in future studies when comparing musical experts and novices. Conference: Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Posters Citation: Seppänen M, Henttone P and Tervaniemi M (2009). Are mismatch negativity (MMN) responses and task performance during auditory perceptual learning modulated by personality factors in musicians vs non-musicians?. Conference Abstract: Tuning the Brain for Music. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.031 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 26 Jan 2009; Published Online: 26 Jan 2009. * Correspondence: Miia Seppänen, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, miia.seppanen@helsinki.fi Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Miia Seppänen Pentti Henttone Mari Tervaniemi Google Miia Seppänen Pentti Henttone Mari Tervaniemi Google Scholar Miia Seppänen Pentti Henttone Mari Tervaniemi PubMed Miia Seppänen Pentti Henttone Mari Tervaniemi Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.