Early Musical Training Contributes to Decision-Making Ability.

This study examined whether musical training was associated with decision-making ability. Three groups of Chinese participants (with early, late, and no musical training) were compared in terms of their performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Results showed that the participants with early musical training had significantly better performance in both decision under ambiguity and decision under risk than those with late and no musical training. These results were independent of participants' years of musical training, IQ, working memory, and emotion perceptions. This study suggests a positive benefit of early musical training on decision-making ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]