From: Musical ability is associated with enhanced auditory and visual cognitive processing
Musicians (n = 10) | Non-musicians (n = 10) | Significance | |
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Frequent stimulus | |||
P1 latency (ms) | 60 ± 2 | 63 ± 3 | ns (p = 0.229) |
N1 latency (ms) | 125 ± 22 | 112 ± 6 | ns (p = 0.247) |
P2 latency (ms) | 229 ± 27 | 199 ± 17 | p = 0.021 |
N2 latency (ms) | 302 ± 11 | 259 ± 43 | ns (p = 0.190) |
P3 latency (ms) | 360 ± 29 | 332 ± 48 | ns (p = 0.400) |
Infrequent stimulus | |||
P1 latency (ms) | 54 ± 5 | 71 ± 29 | ns (p = 0.413) |
N1 latency (ms) | 109 ± 10 | 109 ± 9 | ns (p = 0.631) |
P2 latency (ms) | 171 ± 20 | 180 ± 13 | ns (p = 0.165) |
N2 latency (ms) | 218 ± 22 | 230 ± 15 | ns (p = 0.123) |
P3 latency (ms) | 328 ± 34 | 360 ± 10 | p = 0.019 |
P3 amplitude (µV) | 13 ± 5 | 12 ± 4 | ns (p = 0.971) |
P3 habituation (ms) | −5.8 ± 19.6 | 17.4 ± 11.2 | p = 0.009 |
Mean choice reaction time (ms) | 345 ± 43 | 349 ± 56 | ns (p = 1.000) |