Musical people react more by involuntary movements to unexpected stimuli, but strongly motor individuals are as common among non-musical as musical people¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1916 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Musical people show a more decided tendency to involuntary reactions (starting, crying out) to unexpected stimuli such as loud sounds or sudden appearances, yet the proportion of strongly motor individuals is as large among non-musical as among musical people. → J. C. B 1916

Evidence¶

J. C. B 1916¶

J. C. B. (1916). Endowment. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 7(8), 498-499. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Educational_Psychology

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The editorial reports Baerwald's motor imagery study findings: a "more decided tendency to react by involuntary movements" in musical people, while "strongly motor individuals" were equally proportioned across musical and non-musical groups. No statistics are printed.

"Musical people show a more decided tendency to react by involuntary movements (starting, crying out, etc.) to unexpected stimuli, as loud sounds, contacts on the skin, or the sudden appearance of objects, but in other respects there was as large a proportion of strongly motor individuals among the non-musical as among the musical."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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