Degree of musical expertise modulates higher order brain functioning

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2213-2224

  Oechslin, Mathias S ^a   Van De Ville, Dimitri ^a,c   Lazeyras, François ^a   Hauert, Claude Alain ^a   James, Clara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

brain plasticity; musical expertise; syntax; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGHER ORDER BRAIN FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MUSIC; MUSICAL EXPERTISE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN PLASTICITY; MUSICAL EXPERTISE; SYNTAX; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877333893     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs206     Document Type: Article

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