Table 1.

Demographic information of the participants

Groups	MUS	NMUS
N	18	18
Age	28.2 ± 7.8	29.2 ± 10.7
Gender	9F	10F
Hand	18R	17R
Soc‐eco status	43.6	35.4
WAIS‐III PSI	116.3	115.7
Active listening (h/week)	7.5 ± 5.8	5.3 ± 4.8
Passive listening (h/week)	10.6 ± 7.5	7.1 ± 3.9
Total listening (h/week)	18.2 ± 11.2	12.4 ± 6.7
Instrument starting age	8.6 ± 5.5	—
Instrument playing (years)	21.2 ± 7.8	—
Instrument practicing (h/week)	16.6 ± 11	—
Musical training (years)	16 ± 5.7	—
Style	12 class | 5 jazz | 1 p/r	—

Abbreviations: MUS: musicians, NMUS: non‐musicians, class: classical, p/r: pop‐rock; soc‐eco: socioeconomic, PSI: Processing Speed Index.