Prosodic discrimination skills mediate the association between musical aptitude and vocal emotion recognition ability.

ABSTRACT: The current study tested the hypothesis that the association between musical ability and vocal emotion recognition skills is mediated by accuracy in prosody perception. Furthermore, it was investigated whether this association is primarily related to musical expertise, operationalized by long-term engagement in musical activities, or musical aptitude, operationalized by a test of musical perceptual ability. To this end, we conducted three studies: In Study 1 (N = 85) and Study 2 (N = 93), we developed and validated a new instrument for the assessment of prosodic discrimination ability. In Study 3 (N = 136), we examined whether the association between musical ability and vocal emotion recognition was mediated by prosodic discrimination ability. We found evidence for a full mediation, though

SUBMITTER: Vigl J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11252295 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature