Differences in the strategies of information processing in music performance depending on the priority of visual and auditory information.

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K17726
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology; Cognitive science
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Aiba Eriko 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 准教授 (40569761)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: ピアノ演奏 / 演奏家 / 情報処理方略 / 感覚モダリティ / 記憶

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Controlling the motion of the human body precisely requires significant training over a long period of time. Professional musicians have to find the optimal information processing strategy for themselves to excel above all other musicians. In this study, we verified differences in sensory-motor information processing between better ear-players and better sight-readers via administering a questionnaire and conducting behavioral experiments with professional pianists.
The results suggested that both type of pianists immediately transform input information into the information of modality that the easier to memorize for the individuals.

Free Research Field

認知科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

既存の研究においては，演奏家と非演奏家というくくりで研究が行われており，演奏家内の情報処理方略の差は検証の対象になっていない．同じ出力が得られる場合にはおおよそ同じ方略を使用しているとされてきたため，実際には存在する違いが埋もれたままである可能性がある．その違いを明らかにすることにより，将来的に演奏学習の際の適切な練習方法の提案等に活用することができる．