Are there pre-existing neural, cognitive, or motoric markers for musical ability?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-134

  Norton, Andrea ^a,b   Winner, Ellen ^c,d   Cronin, Karl ^a   Overy, Katie ^a   Lee, Dennis J ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New England Conservatory   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Development; Music

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744556862     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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