Nora Rose Serres

• Margarida, Baltazar,; S., Bamford, Joshua; Andrew, Danso,; A., Haapala, Eero; Chr., Hansen, Niels & Keegan, Knittle, [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2026). Frontiers | Does music support executive functions and affective responses during acute exercise? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1714707. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  IntroductionMaintaining a steady running pace despite physical or mental fatigue often engages executive functions. These functions may contribute to sustain...

• Grassi, Massimo; Talamini, Francesca; Alto¨¨, Gianmarco; Brattico, Elvira; Caclin, Anne & Carretti, Barbara [Show all 110 contributors for this article] (2025). Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS). ISSN 2515-2459. 8(4). doi: 10.1177/25152459251379432. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicians with more than 10 years of music training and practice) are compared with nonmusicians. A frequently observed behavioral finding is a short-term memory advantage of the former over the latter. Although available meta-analysis reported that the effect size of this advantage is medium (Hedges¡¯s g = 0.5), no literature study was adequately powered to estimate reliably an effect of such size. This multilab study has been ideated, realized, and conducted in lab by several groups that have been working on this topic. Our ultimate goal was to provide a community-driven shared and reliable estimate of the musicians¡¯ short-term memory advantage (if any) and set a method and a standard for future studies in neuroscience and psychology comparing musicians and nonmusicians. Thirty-three research units recruited a total of 600 experienced musicians and 600 nonmusicians, a number that is sufficiently large to estimate a small effect size (Hedges¡¯s g = 0.3) with a high statistical power (i.e., 95%). Subsequently, we measured the difference in short-term memory for musical, verbal, and visuospatial stimuli. We also looked at cognitive, personality, and socioeconomic factors that might mediate the difference. Musicians had better short-term memory than nonmusicians for musical, verbal, and visuospatial stimuli with an effect size of, respectively, Hedges¡¯s g s = 1.08 (95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.94, 1.22]; large), 0.16 (95% CI = [0.02 0.30]; very small), and 0.28 (95% CI = [0.15, 0.41]; small). This work sets the basis for sound research practices in studies comparing musicians and nonmusicians and contributes to the ongoing debate on the possible cognitive benefits of musical training.

• Rosslund, Audun; Kartushina, Natalia; Serres, Nora Rose & Mayor, Julien (2025). Early Vocabulary Acquisition: From Birth Order Effect to Child-to-Caregiver Ratio. Child Development. ISSN 0009-3920. 96(4), p. 1343¨C1353. doi: 10.1111/cdev.14251. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Growing up with multiple siblings might negatively affect language development. This study examined the associations between birth order, sibling characteristics and parent-reported vocabulary size in 6163 Norwegian 8- to 36-month-old children (51.4% female). Results confirmed that birth order was negatively associated with vocabulary, yet exhibited a U-shaped pattern. A data-driven measure of ¡°child-to-caregiver ratio¡± in the household was developed, in which old-enough siblings¡ªfemales 1¨C3?years earlier than males¡ªwere considered caregivers for their younger siblings. This measure explained variance in vocabulary better than birth order, and indicates sex-differences in the age at which older siblings contribute to, rather than deplete, available resources. A child-to-caregiver ratio might better capture the interplay between language-learning resources and demands within households.

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• Rosslund, Audun R?rvik; Serres, Nora Rose; Kartushina, Natalia & Mayor, Julien (2025). Early language acquisition: From birth order effect to child-to-caregiver ratio. Full text in Research Archive
• Serres, Nora Rose; Mayor, Julien; Kartushina, Natalia & Rosslund, Audun R?rvik (2025). Dialectal variability shapes early language development: Evidence from mispronunciation sensitivity in 13-month-old infants. Full text in Research Archive
• Rosslund, Audun R?rvik; Kartushina, Natalia; Serres, Nora Rose & Mayor, Julien (2025). Negative sibling effects revised: When a sibling becomes a caregiver. Full text in Research Archive
• Moen, Cathrine Montero & Serres, Nora Rose (2025). Skled ned Rampestreken: ¨C Skikkelig flaut - andalsnes-avis.no. [Journal]. ?ndalsnes Avis. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

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• Serres, Nora Rose; Mayor, Julien & Kartushina, Natalia (2023). The role of dialect variability on mispronunciation sensitivity: An insight to infants¡¯ early language development from a Norwegian context. Full text in Research Archive
• Serres, Nora Rose; Toelch, Ulf & L?hre, Erik (2023). How to adopt Open Science in the Academic Curriculum? [Internet]. Panel Discussion (recording on YouTube). Full text in Research Archive
• Serres, Nora Rose & Sauv¨¦, Sarah (2023). Registered Reports and Bayesian Fanclub with Nora Serres. [Internet]. Podcast (Apple, Spotify, Android). Full text in Research Archive

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