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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Dec 29;33(3):530–538. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07527.x

Table 1.

Musical background of participants

Participant Instrument(s) Years of training Age of onset
Musicians
   M1 Trumpet/piano 14 10
   M2 Saxophone/piano 13 8
   M3 Piano/guitar 10 9
   M4 Saxophone/clarinet 13 11
   M5 Piano/saxophone 11 8
   M6 Violin/piano 11 8
   M7 Trumpet 11 9
   M8 String bass 12 8
   M9 Trombone/tuba 11 7
   M10 Bassoon/piano 16 7
   M11 Saxophone/piano 14 11
   Mean (SD) 12.4 (1.8) 8.7 (1.4)
Non-musicians
   NM1 Piano 1 9
   NM2 Clarinet 1 12
   NM3 Piano 1 14
   NM4 Flute 1 11
   NM5 Guitar 0.5 15
   NM6 Piano 1 10
   NM7 - 0 -
   NM8 - 0 -
   NM9 - 0 -
   NM10 - 0 -
   NM11 - 0 -
   Mean (SD) 0.50 (0.50) 11.8 (2.3)*
*

Age-of-onset statistics for non-musicians were computed from the six participants with minimal musical training.