Musical expertise induces neuroplasticity of the planum temporale

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1252, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-123

  Meyer, Martin ^a   Elmer, Stefan ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory neuroplasticity; Hemispheric lateralization; Musical expertise; Planum temporale; Transfer effects; Voice onset time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PHONETICS; PLANUM TEMPORALE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860227991     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06450.x     Document Type: Article

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