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Musical comprehension that improves on second hearing was attributed to developing motor attitudes, with negative findings on native motor endowment

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

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q2 i? In all cases Baerwald studied, difficult music became comprehensible after a lapse of time or second hearing, and this illumination was attributed to the development of motor attitudes reinforcing satisfaction produced by musical ideas. → 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? · theoretical · r?

The editorial recounts Baerwald's finding that music clearing up on second hearing occurred "in conjunction with a well-defined motor disposition", an attributional interpretation rather than a tested comparison; no effect size is printed.

"In all cases studied, this musical illumination was found in conjunction with a well-defined motor disposition, and the phenomenon was attributed to the development of motor attitudes which reinforce the satisfaction produced by the musical ideas."

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Page metadata
Field Value
type claim
id musical-illumination-attributed-motor-attitudes
title Musical comprehension that improves on second hearing was attributed to developing motor attitudes, with negative findings on native motor endowment
description Musical comprehension that improves on second hearing was attributed to developing motor attitudes, with negative findings on native motor endowment
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1916
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-24
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sources 1 — j-c-b-1916

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