简介：Objective:Totestforpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinIndianclassicalvocalmusiciansandnon-musicians.Design:Mismatchnegativity(MMN)wasrecordedtotestforpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillswithapairofstimuliof/1000Hz/and/1100Hz/,with/1000Hz/asthefrequentstimulusand/1100Hz/astheinfrequentstimulus.Onset,offsetandpeaklatenciesweretheconsideredlatencyparameters,whereaspeakamplitudeandareaunderthecurvewereconsideredforamplitudeanalysis.Studysample:Exactly50participants,outofwhichtheexperimentalgrouphad25adultIndianclassicalvocalmusiciansand25age-matchednon-musiciansservedasthecontrolgroup,wereincludedinthestudy.ExperimentalgroupparticipantshadaminimumprofessionalmusicexperienceinIndianclassicvocalmusicof10years.However,controlgroupparticipantsdidnothaveanyformaltraininginmusic.Results:Descriptivestatisticsshowedbetterwaveformmorphologyintheexperimentalgroupascomparedtothecontrol.MANOVAshowedsignificantlybetteronsetlatency,peakamplitudeandareaunderthecurveintheexperimentalgroupbutnosignificantdifferenceintheoffsetandpeaklatenciesbetweenthetwogroups.Conclusion:Thepresentstudyprobablypointstowardstheenhancementofpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinIndianclassicalvocalmusicianscomparedtonon-musicians.ItindicatesthatIndianclassicalmusicaltrainingenhancespre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinmusicians,leadingtohigherpeakamplitudeandagreaterareaunderthecurvecomparedtonon-musicians.