Understanding the benefits of musical training: Effects on oscillatory brain activity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1169, Issue , 2009, Pages 133-142

  Trainor, Laurel J ^a,b   Shahin, Antoine J ^c   Roberts, Larry E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma band; Musical development; Musical experience; Oscillatory brain activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 68649087399     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04589.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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