Table 1 Responses to Musical Creativity Questionnaire.

From: Musical Creativity “Revealed” in Brain Structure: Interplay between Motor, Default Mode and Limbic Networks

(N = 239)

Males (N = 123)

Females (N = 116)

(t)

p

Age

22.05 (3.6)

21.79 (3.5)

0.5

ns

Background1

3.46 (1.5)

3.78 (1.6)

1.5

0.12

Achievement2

2.67 (4.2)

2.30 (5.1)

0.6

ns

Creativity3

1.84 (1.0)

1.59 (0.9)

1.9

0.05*

General4

2.83 (1.5)

2.51 (1.3)

1.8

0.08

General5

5.33 (0.73)

5.47 (0.62)

−1.6

0.11

  1. 1Have you ever practiced a musical instrument?
  2. 2Musical Creative Achievement.
  3. 3Have you ever improvised or written original music?
  4. 4How musically creative would you rate yourself to be?
  5. 5How frequently do you listen to music? Values for males and females represent Mean and Standard Deviation (in parentheses). (t) = Student’s t statistic; p = significance level.
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