Musical experience strengthens the neural representation of sounds important for communication in middle-aged adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Anderson, Samira ^a   Hittner, Emily ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory; Brainstem; Musical experience; Musicians; Speech in noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRACT; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUBCORTEX;

EID: 84870560489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00030     Document Type: Article

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