Long-term exposure to music enhances the sensitivity of the auditory system in children

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 755-765

  Meyer, Martin ^a   Elmer, Stefan ^a   Ringli, Maya ^b   Oechslin, Mathias S ^c   Baumann, Simon ^d   Jancke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Auditory perception; Auditory plasticity; EEG; Mismatch negativity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MUSIC; MUSICAL TRAINING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY TRAINING; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 80052434468     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07795.x     Document Type: Article

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