The musician brain as an excellent model of brain plasticity
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INCM-CNRS and Université de la Méditerranée, ISB, France
Professional musicians spend hours every day practicing their instrument. Such an extended practice is known to influence the anatomo-functional organization of the brain. Interestingly, some of the brain regions that are modified by musical practice are also important for language processing. This led us to conduct a series of experiment to examine the influence of musical expertise on several aspects of language processing (i.e., pitch and meter) in both adults and children. I will discuss the importance of these results for the domain-specificity of linguistic computations, for the learning of foreign languages and for using music training as a tool for the remediation of dyslexia.
Conference:
2nd NEUROMED Workshop, Fez, Morocco, 10 Jun - 12 Jun, 2010.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Oral Session 3: The plastic brain: implications for learning and education
Citation:
Besson
M
(2010). The musician brain as an excellent model of brain plasticity.
Front. Neurosci.
Conference Abstract:
2nd NEUROMED Workshop.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.12.00038
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Received:
04 Jun 2010;
Published Online:
04 Jun 2010.
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Correspondence:
Mireille Besson, INCM-CNRS and Université de la Méditerranée, ISB, Marseille, France, mireille.besson@proton.me