Musical training during early childhood enhances the neural encoding of speech in noise

Brain and Language

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-201

  Strait, Dana L ^a   Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Hittner, Emily ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Attention; Auditory; Brainstem; Children; Development; Memory; Musicians; Speech in noise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY MEMORY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MUSICAL TRAINING; MUSICIAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH IN NOISE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUBCORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84869503569     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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