Superior tactile performance and learning in professional pianists: Evidence for meta-plasticity in musicians

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 473-478

  Ragert, Patrick ^a   Schmidt, Alexander ^b   Altenmüller, Eckart ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hebbian learning; Humans; Musicians; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 0842330405     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2003.03142.x     Document Type: Article

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