A systematic investigation reveals that Ishihara et al.'s (2008) STEARC effect only emerges when time is directly assessed

A Mariconda, V Prpic, S Mingolo, F Sors, T Agostini… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Spatial–TEmporal Association of Response Codes (STEARC) effect (Ishihara
et al. in Cortex 44: 454–461, 2008) is evidence that time is spatially coded along the …

Contrasting symbolic and non-symbolic numerical representations in a joint classification task

V Prpic, YA Basamh, CM Goodridge, T Agostini… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2023 - Springer
Both symbolic (digits) and non-symbolic (dots) numerals are spatially coded, with relatively
small numbers being responded faster with a left key and large numbers being responded …

Automatizing sight reading: Contingency proportion and task relevance in the music contingency learning procedure

JR Schmidt, C Iorio… - Collabra: Psychology, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Learning to read and play music written in standard notation, termed sight reading, is an
important yet difficult aspect of early music education. However, the music contingency …

SNARC-like effect for tempo is consistent for fast and full tempo ranges but still controversial for slow tempo range

A Mariconda, M Murgia, M De Tommaso, T Agostini… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Recent evidence suggested the existence of a spatial associations for music tempo with
faster left-hand responses to relatively slow tempos and faster right-hand responses to …

A SNARC-like effect for music notation: The role of expertise and musical instrument

A Fumarola, V Prpic, R Luccio, C Umiltà - Acta Psychologica, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) suggests the
existence of an association between number magnitude and response location, with faster …

Incidental learning in music reading: The music contingency learning task

C Iorio, I Šaban, B Poulin-Charronnat… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The present report investigated whether nonmusicians can incidentally learn musical skills
needed for sight-reading. On each trial, participants identified a note name written inside of a …

Effects of musical expertise on line section and line extension

Y Pei, Z Xu, Y He, X Liu, Y Bai, SC Kwok, X Li… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background This study investigated whether music training led to better length estimation
and/or rightward bias by comparing the performance of musicians (pianists) and non …

Temporal speed prevails on interval duration in the SNARC-like effect for tempo

A Mariconda, M Murgia, M De Tommaso… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect is evidence
of an association between number magnitude and response position, with faster left-key …

Incidentally Acquiring Pitch-label Associations With a Musical Contingency Learning Task

C Iorio, E Bigand, JR Schmidt - Collabra: Psychology, 2024 - online.ucpress.edu
We also explored the role of intentionality in acquiring and remembering pitch-label
associations, but there were only small suggestive trends for slightly better performance for a …

The left dorsal stream causally mediates the tone labeling in absolute pitch

L Rogenmoser, A Arnicane, L Jäncke… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Absolute pitch (AP) refers to the ability to effortlessly identify given pitches without any
reference. Correlative evidence suggests that the left posterior dorsolateral prefrontal cortex …