The song system of the human brain

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-375

  Brown, Steven ^a   Martinez, Michael J ^a   Hodges, Donald A ^b   Fox, Peter T ^a   Parsons, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Harmony; Melody; Motor Systems and Sensorimotor Integration; Music; Singing; Song system

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 3242698010     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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