Dance and the brain: A review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1337, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-146

  Karpati, Falisha J ^a,b   Giacosa, Chiara ^a,c   Foster, Nicholas E V ^a,d   Penhune, Virginia B ^a,c   Hyde, Krista L ^a,b,d  

^a International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS)   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Brain plasticity; Dance; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DANCE THERAPY; DANCING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE; TRAINING; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DANCING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924582644     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12632     Document Type: Article

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