Musical Skills and Neural Functions: The Legacy of the Brains of Musicians

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 999, Issue , 2003, Pages 234-243

  Bentivoglio, Marina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Famous brains; History of neuroscience; Localization of function; Music; Phrenology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LITERATURE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MUSIC; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; OCCUPATION; PALPATION; SKILL; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0346938252     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1284.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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