The multisensory brain and its ability to learn music

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1252, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-184

  Zimmerman, Emily ^a,b   Lahav, Amir ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Learning; Multisensory; Music

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEARNING; MUSIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860251072     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06455.x     Document Type: Article

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