The effect of musical training on the neural correlates of math processing: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Schmithorst, Vincent J ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematics; Music; Neural pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MUSIC THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0345791456     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.10.037     Document Type: Article

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