Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians.
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- School of Music, College of Design, Art & Performance University of South Florida Tampa Florida USA
- Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research York University Toronto Ontario Canada
- Rotman Research Institute Baycrest Academy for Research and Education Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Psychology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
- Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
Abstract
Instrumental music performance is associated with enhanced perceptual processing as evidenced by auditory discrimination and speech‐in‐noise perception. However, little is known about the extent to which auditory perceptual processes support cognition in aging. We investigated whether music training enhances perceptual precision in 26 older amateur and professional musicians (62–85 years, 16 females) and 25 older nonmusicians (61–82 years, 13 females). Participants completed a novel auditory mnemonic discrimination paradigm while electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. The mismatch negativity (MMN), an event‐related potential of change detection, was measured during a passive auditory oddball paradigm with standard and deviant pure‐tone sequences differing in pitch contour. Participants subsequently completed an incidental memory test for oddball stimuli (i.e., targets) among similar lure sequences (matched for frequency but differing in contour) and dissimilar foil sequences (differing in frequency and contour), as well as a back‐to‐back perceptual discrimination task. Musicians showed enhanced amplitudes, left‐lateralized MMN source activity, and increased memory discriminability for targets relative to lures and foils, effects that were not explained by perceptual discrimination ability or MMN amplitude. No group differences were found in neural or behavioral measures on a mnemonic discrimination task involving everyday visual objects. Our results clarify the role of music training on precision in perception and auditory memory in older musicians compared with nonmusicians. Our findings underscore the contribution of musical engagement to perception and memory to the development of cognitive reserve in aging.
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Bugos, J. A., Chow, R., Mo, S., Rosenbaum, R. S., & Alain, C. (2026). Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians. The European journal of neuroscience, 63(12), e70576. https://
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@article{bugos2026enhanc
author = {Bugos, Jennifer A. and Chow, Ricky and Mo, Shimin and Rosenbaum, R. Shayna and Alain, Claude},
title = {{Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians}},
journal = {The European journal of neuroscience},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {63},
number = {12},
pages = {e70576},
publisher = {Wiley},
issn = {0953-816X},
doi = {10.1111/
url = {https://
pmid = {42304167},
pmcid = {PMC13272281}
}
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J2 - Eur J Neurosci
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DA - 2026/
VL - 63
IS - 12
SP - e70576
SN - 0953-816X
PB - Wiley
DO - 10.1111/
UR - https://
LA - en
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