Diminished whole-brain but enhanced peri-sylvian connectivity in absolute pitch musicians

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1447-1461

  Jäncke, Lutz ^a   Langer, Nicolas ^a   Hänggi, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSICIAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARS OPERCULARIS; PARS TRIANGULARIS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TEMPORAL GYRUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860356447     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00227     Document Type: Article

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