Hippocampal volume predicts fluid intelligence in musically trained people

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 552-558

  Oechslin, Mathias S ^a,b   Descloux, Céline ^c   Croquelois, Alexandre ^c   Chanal, Julien ^a   Van De Ville, Dimitri ^a,d,e   Lazeyras, François ^d   James, Clara E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Cognition; Expertise; Fluid intelligence; Hippocampus; Musicians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENERAL FLUID INTELLIGENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879499459     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22120     Document Type: Article

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