Sensitive periods in human development: Evidence from musical training

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1126-1137

  Penhune, Virginia B ^a,b,c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b BRAMS   (Canada)

^c Centre for Research in Human Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Auditory motor integration; Development; Motor learning; Musical rhythm; Plasticity; Timing

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 79960938291     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.010     Document Type: Review

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