Music making as a tool for promoting brain plasticity across the life span

Neuroscientist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 566-577

  Wan, Catherine Y ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory; diffusion tensor imaging; functional MRI; morphometry; motor; music; plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; TRAINING;

AGING; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 77957570755     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410377805     Document Type: Review

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