How musical training affects cognitive development: Rhythm, reward and other modulating variables

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JAN, 2014, Pages

  Miendlarzewska, Ewa A ^a   Trost, Wiebke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Developmental neuroscience; Music education; Musical training; Rhythmic entrainment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; MUSICAL TRAINING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; READING; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84898040693     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00279     Document Type: Review

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