The brain of musicians: A model for functional and structural adaptation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 930, Issue , 2001, Pages 281-299

  Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Brain; Development; Motor learning; Music

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PITCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0034969239     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05739.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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