| Title: |
Music ensemble: A large dataset on musicianship, cognition, and personality in musicians and nonmusicians |
| Authors: |
Talamini, F.; Grassi, M.; Altoè, G.; Brattico, E.; Caclin, A.; Carretti, B.; Drai-Zerbib, V.; Ferreri, L.; Gambarota, F.; Grahnm, J.; Fovino, L. G. N.; Rajappa, N.; Ripolles, P.; Ritchie, M.; Menezes, I. R. R.; Román-Caballero, R.; Roncaglia, P.; Rubinstein, W.; Sa’adullah, F. Y.-A.; Saarikallio, S.; Sammler, D.; Strauch, F. J.; Samson, S.; Schellenberg, E. G.; Serres, N. R.; Slevc, L. R.; Souffiane, R.-N.; Strauss, H.; Tantengco, N.; Tervaniemi, M.; Thompson, R.; Timmers, R.; Toiviainen, P.; Trainor, L. J.; Tuske, C.; Villanueva, J.; Roccato, M.; von Bastian, C. C.; Whiteford, K. L.; Wood, E. A.; Worschech, F.; Zappa, A.; Rodriguez-Fornells, A.; Swaminathan, S.; Tillmann, B.; Vuust, P.; Wilbiks, J.; Zentner, M.; Aguilar, K.; Aryanto, C. B.; Leite, F. C. A.; Baldé, A. M.; Başkent, D.; Bishop, L.; Bortz, G.; Bouwer, F. L.; Calcus, A.; Carraturo, G.; Čerič, A.; Criscuolo, A.; Dairain, L.; Dalla Bella, S.; Daniel, O.; Danielsen, A.; de Parcevaux, A.-I.; Dellacherie, D.; Detlefsen, V.; Endestad, T.; Cepero-Escribano, V.; Fialho, J. L. d. B.; Fitzpatrick, C.; Fiveash, A.; Fortier, J.; Fram, N. R.; Fullone, E.; Gloggengießer, S.; Gonzalez Sanchez, L.; Gordon, R. L.; Groussard, M.; Habibi, A.; Hansen, H. M. U.; Harding, E. E.; Hawkins, K.; Herff, S. A.; Holma, V. P.; Jakubowski, K.; Jol, M. G.; Kalsi, A.; Kandro, V.; Kelo, R.; Kotz, S. A.; Ladegam, G. S.; Laeng, B.; Lee, A.; Lense, M.; Lima, C. F.; Limmer, S. P.; Liu, C. K.; Martín Sánchez, P. d. C.; McEntyre, L.; Michael, J. P.; Mirman, D.; Moltrasio, J.; Müllensiefen, D.; Najafi, N.; Nokkala, J.; Nzonlang, N.; Oliveira, M. G. M.; Overy, K.; Oxenham, A. J.; Passarotto, E.; Plasse, M.-E.; Platel, H.; Poissonnier, A.; Provias, V. |
| Publisher Information: |
Nature Research |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) |
| Subject Terms: |
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Outras Ciências Naturais; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais |
| 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. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
117; DE220100783; VI.Veni.201 G.066; https://hdl.handle.net/10071/36763 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41597-026-06654-0 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10071/36763; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06654-0 |
| Rights: |
openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C28FDFBD |
| Database: |
BASE |