| Contributors: |
Talamini, Francesca; Grassi, Massimo; Altoè, Gianmarco; Brattico, Elvira; Caclin, Anne; Carretti, Barbara; Drai-Zerbib, Véronique; Ferreri, Laura; Gambarota, Filippo; Grahn, Jessica; Guiotto Nai Fovino, Lucrezia; Roccato, Marco; Rodriguez-Fornells, Antoni; Swaminathan, Swathi; Tillmann, Barbara; Vuust, Peter; Wilbiks, Jonathan; Zentner, Marcel; Aguilar, Karla; Aryanto, Christ B.; Assis Leite, Frederico C.; Baldé, Aíssa M.; Başkent, Deniz; Bishop, Laura; Bortz, Graziela; Bouwer, Fleur L.; Calcus, Axelle; Carraturo, Giulio; Čerič, Antonia; Criscuolo, Antonio; Dairain, Léo; Dalla Bella, Simone; Daniel, Oscar; Danielsen, Anne; De Parcevaux, Anne-Isabelle; Dellacherie, Delphine; Detlefsen, Verónica; Endestad, Tor; Cepero-Escribano, Victor; Fialho, Juliana L. D. B.; Fitzpatrick, Caitlin; Fiveash, Anna; Fortier, Juliette; Fram, Noah R.; Fullone, Eleonora; Gloggengießer, Stefanie; Gonzalez Sanchez, Lucia; Gordon, Reyna L.; Groussard, Mathilde; Habibi, Assal; Hansen, Heidi M. U.; Harding, Eleanor E.; Hawkins, Kirsty; Herff, Steffen A.; Holma, Veikka P.; Jakubowski, Kelly; Jol, Maria G.; Kalsi, Aarushi; Kandro, Veronica; Kelo, Rosaliina; Kotz, Sonja A.; Ladegam, Gangothri S.; Laeng, Bruno; Lee, André; Lense, Miriam; Lima, César F.; Limmer, Simon P.; Liu, Chengran K.; Martín Sánchez, Paulina D. C.; Mcentyre, Langley; Michael, Jessica P.; Mirman, Daniel; Moltrasio, Julieta; Müllensiefen, Daniel; Najafi, Niloufar; Nokkala, Jaakko; Nzonlang, Ndassi; Oliveira, Maria Gabriela M.; Overy, Katie; Oxenham, Andrew J.; Passarotto, Edoardo; Plasse, Marie-Elisabeth; Platel, Herve; Poissonnier, Alice; Provias, Vasiliki; Rajappa, Neha; Ripolles, Pablo; Ritchie, Michaela; Rodrigues Menezes, Italo R.; Román-Caballero, Rafael; Roncaglia, Paula; Rubinstein, Wanda; Sa'Adullah, Farrah Y. -A.; Saarikallio, Suvi; Sammler, Daniela; Samson, Séverine; Schellenberg, E. Glenn; Serres, Nora R.; Slevc, L. Robert; Souffiane, Ragnya-Norasoa |
| Description: |
The Music Ensemble dataset is a large-scale, cross-national database that provides detailed information about the musical, cognitive, personality, and demographic profiles of young adult musicians and nonmusicians. Data were collected from 1438 participants (aged 18-30) across thirty-five research sites in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. Participants completed an in-person, in-lab battery of objective tests, including measures of verbal, visuospatial and musical short-term memory, executive functions (updating component), nonverbal reasoning, verbal comprehension, and music perception skills. The battery also included standardized and custom self-report questionnaires assessing music sophistication, music reward, personality traits, socioeconomic status, and demographic characteristics. Music Ensemble was preregistered, and the research protocol followed a standardized procedure across sites. The dataset also includes a large subsample of musicians and nonmusicians that are pair-matched for age, gender, and education (678 pairs). It enables well-powered investigations into the relationship between musical expertise and individual differences in cognition, personality, and demographic variables. It is also suitable for training in statistical and psychometric methods. |