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Research has provided evidence of associations between musical training and functional aspects of cognition. However, the neural changes associated with musical expertise, particularly in relation to working memory, remain poorly understood. To address this gap, we conducted an activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta\u2010analysis to examine differences in functional neural activity between musicians and non\u2010musicians during working memory tasks. Meta\u2010analytic connectivity modeling (MACM) was conducted to explore broader networks of co\u2010activation associated with regions of interest identified during the initial ALE meta\u2010analysis. Nine functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, including 228 participants (113 musicians and 115 non\u2010musicians), were included in the final analysis. 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