Older adults benefit from music training early in life: Biological evidence for long-term training-driven plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 17667-17674

  White Schwoch, Travis ^a,b   Carr, Kali Woodruff ^a,b   Anderson, Samira ^a,b,e   Strait, Dana L ^a,c,f   Kraus, Nina ^a,b,c,d  

^a Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Neuroscience   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC TRAINING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL ENHANCEMENT; NEURAL RESISTANCE; NEURAL TIMING; NOISE DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

EID: 84887029336     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2560-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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