Do musicians have different brains?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-308

  Stewart, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Learning; Musical; Skill

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SKILL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 46949089086     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-304     Document Type: Review

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