Age and musical training affect emotion identification skills.

<p>(A) Percentage change in opinion (top) and reaction time (bottom) for children (white bar) and adults with normal hearing (grey bar) when mode and tempo cues were changed: tempo changes affected opinion the least while combined cue changes affected opinion the most, though children were more affected by tempo changes than adults. (B) Effects of years of musical training in both children and adults: musicians changed their opinions 4.7% more, 1.6% less and 4.5% more with each extra year of musical training when mode, tempo or both cues were changed, respectively. Error bars indicate standard error. ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001, only associations and interactions that reach a trend level (p<0.1) or significance (p<0.05) are shown.