Cerebral activations in highly-skilled musicians: an fMRI study

Description

Using fMRI, ten improvising musicians were contrasted with 10 non-musicians to explore brain activations while playing by ear. Subjects either imagined playing the music they were listening to, without moving their hands, or assessed the performance verbally without actually speaking. Half of the music excerpts was familiar, the other half unfamiliar. Musicians exhibited significantly larger activation of bilateral premotor cortex and right parietal cortex. Activation of right posterior superior parietal cortex was elicited specifically by imagining that they were playing by ear.

Periode	10 jan 2012
Gehouden op	University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Neurology, Netherlands
Mate van erkenning	Local