Auditory cortical volumes and musical ability in Williams syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2602-2609

  Martens, Marilee A ^a,b,c   Reutens, David C ^d   Wilson, Sarah J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

MRI; Musical; Planum temporale; Primary auditory cortex; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MUSIC; NEUROANATOMY; SKILL; VOICE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954456780     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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