Differential advantages of musical backgrounds on binaural integration and interaction skills in instrumentalists, vocalists, and non-musicians.

Background: Musical perception requires a host of skills. Instrumental musicians place greater emphasis on motor coordination, whereas vocal musicians rehearse vocal sounds. The study explored the differential advantages of musical background on binaural integration and interaction in musicians (instrumentalists, vocalists) and compared them with age-matched non-musicians.

Changes in Auditory Working Memory Capacities During Adolescence.

The aim of the article was to compare the auditory working memory capacities during adolescence period. A total of 45 participants between the age of 10 and 22 years were included in the study. The participants were grouped in 3 based on their age range from 10 to 14 (group 1), 14-18 (group 2), and 18-22 years (group 3) for the study.