Neural implementation of musical expertise and cognitive transfers: Could they be promising in the framework of normal cognitive aging?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Fauvel, Baptiste ^a,b,c,d   Groussard, Mathilde ^a,b,c,d   Eustache, Francis ^a,b,c,d   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a,b,c,d   Platel, Hervé ^a,b,c,d  

^a Centre Cyceron   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain plasticity; Brain reserve; Cognitive transfer; Expertise; Musical training

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COGNITIVE TRANSFER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL LOAD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION;

EID: 84886413746     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00693     Document Type: Review

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