Right temporal lobe activation when listening to emotionally significant music

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Alfredson, Betty Bauer ^a   Risberg, Jarl ^b,c   Hagberg, Bo ^a   Gustafson, Lars ^b  

^a Gerontology Research Centre   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cortical processing; Elderly participants; Enjoyment; Musical experience

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 10644249920     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1103_4     Document Type: Article

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