The Dancing Brain: Structural and Functional Signatures of Expert Dance Training

Dance – as a ritual, therapy, and leisure activity – has been known for thousands of years. Today, dance is increasingly used as therapy for cognitive and neurological disorders such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Surprisingly, the effects of dance training on the healthy young brain are not w...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Z. Burzynska, Karolina Finc, Brittany K. Taylor, Anya M. Knecht, Arthur F. Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
DTI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00566/full