Biological impact of auditory expertise across the life span: Musicians as a model of auditory learning

Hearing Research

Volumn 308, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-121

  Strait, Dana L ^a,b   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY TRAINING; COGNITION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEARING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892367977     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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