Baerwald's study of motor imagery finds no relation between development of musical performance skill and degree of native motor endowment¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? On whether skill in musical performance depends on native motor endowment, Baerwald's findings are negative. → 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, citing Baerwald's 1916 study of motor imagery, that findings were "negative" on whether musical performance skill depends on "the degree of native motor endowment". No effect size is printed.

"On the more fundamental question whether the development of skill in musical performance is in any way dependent on the degree of native motor endowment, the author's findings are negative."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Musical comprehension that improves on second hearing was attributed to developing motor attitudes, with negative findings on native motor endowment — related
• Musical people react more by involuntary movements to unexpected stimuli, but strongly motor individuals are as common among non-musical as musical people — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The editorial argues that fundamental questions about teaching music should be settled by controlled experiment rather than by trial and error. — a broader claim this one bears on