AUTHOR=Hou Jiancheng , Chen Chuansheng , Dong Qi 

TITLE=Resting-state functional connectivity and pitch identification ability in non-musicians

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2015

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2015.00007

DOI=10.3389/fnins.2015.00007

ISSN=1662-453X

ABSTRACT=<p>Previous studies have used task-related fMRI to investigate the neural basis of pitch identification (PI), but no study has examined the associations between resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and PI ability. Using a large sample of Chinese non-musicians (<italic>N</italic> = 320, with 56 having prior musical training), the current study examined the associations among musical training, PI ability, and RSFC. Results showed that musical training was associated with increased RSFC within the networks for multiple cognitive functions (such as vision, phonology, semantics, auditory encoding, and executive functions). PI ability was associated with RSFC with regions for perceptual and auditory encoding for participants with musical training, and with RSFC with regions for short-term memory, semantics, and phonology for participants without musical training.</p>