Musical training, neuroplasticity and cognition

Abstract The influence of music on the human brain has been recently investigated in numerous studies. Several investigations have shown that structural and functional cerebral neuroplastic processes emerge as a result of long-term musical training, which in turn may produce cognitive differences be...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Maurício Alves Loureiro, Paulo Caramelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642010000400277&lng=en&tlng=en