- Copyright Page
- List of Contributors
- The Neuroscientific Study of Music: A Burgeoning Discipline
- Music through the Lens of Cultural Neuroscience
- Cultural Distance: A Computational Approach to Exploring Cultural Influences on Music Cognition
- When Extravagance Impresses: Recasting Esthetics in Evolutionary Terms
- Cerebral Organization of Music Processing
- Network Neuroscience: An Introduction to Graph Theory Network-Based Techniques for Music and Brain Imaging Research
- Acoustic Structure and Musical Function: Musical Notes Informing Auditory Research
- Neural Basis of Rhythm Perception
- Neural Basis of Music Perception: Melody, Harmony, and Timbre
- Multisensory Processing in Music
- Music and Memory
- Music and Attention, Executive Function, and Creativity
- Neural Correlates of Music and Emotion
- Neurochemical Responses to Music
- The Neuroaesthetics of Music: A Research Agenda Coming of Age
- Music and Language
- Musical Expertise and Brain Structure: The Causes and Consequences of Training
- Genomics Approaches for Studying Musical Aptitude and Related Traits
- Brain Research in Music Performance
- Brain Research in Music Improvisation
- Neural Mechanisms of Musical Imagery
- Neuroplasticity in Music Learning
- The Role of Musical Development in Early Language Acquisition
- Rhythm, Meter, and Timing: The Heartbeat of Musical Development
- Music and the Aging Brain
- Music Training and Cognitive Abilities: Associations, Causes, and Consequences
- The Neuroscience of Children on the Autism Spectrum with Exceptional Musical Abilities
- Neurologic Music Therapy in Sensorimotor Rehabilitation
- Neurologic Music Therapy for Speech and Language Rehabilitation
- Neurologic Music Therapy Targeting Cognitive and Affective Functions
- Musical Disorders
- When Blue Turns to Gray: The Enigma of Musician’s Dystonia
- New Horizons for Brain Research in Music
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter summarizes research on the effects of musical training on brain function, brain connectivity, and brain structure. First, it addresses factors inducing and continuously driving brain plasticity in dedicated musicians, arguing that prolonged goal-directed practice, multisensory–motor integration, high arousal, and emotional and social rewards contribute to these plasticity-induced brain adaptations. Subsequently, the chapter briefly reviews the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology underpinning musical activities by focusing on motor planning and motor control. A review of the literature on functional changes in brain activation and brain connectivity along with the acquisition of musical skills is provided. Structural adaptions in the gray matter of the brain and in fiber tract density associated with music learning are critically discussed. Finally, the chapter addresses the phenomenon of de-expertise, when intensive music-making induces dysfunctional changes of brain networks.
Keywords: auditory systems, brain connectivity, brain plasticity, brain morphology, expertise, musicians, musician’s dystonia, sensorimotor integration
Eckart Altenmüller, Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine (IMMM), University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany
Shinichi Furuya, Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc., Japan
Daniel S. Scholz, Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine (IMMM), University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany
Christos I. Ioannou, Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine (IMMM), University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany
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- Copyright Page
- List of Contributors
- The Neuroscientific Study of Music: A Burgeoning Discipline
- Music through the Lens of Cultural Neuroscience
- Cultural Distance: A Computational Approach to Exploring Cultural Influences on Music Cognition
- When Extravagance Impresses: Recasting Esthetics in Evolutionary Terms
- Cerebral Organization of Music Processing
- Network Neuroscience: An Introduction to Graph Theory Network-Based Techniques for Music and Brain Imaging Research
- Acoustic Structure and Musical Function: Musical Notes Informing Auditory Research
- Neural Basis of Rhythm Perception
- Neural Basis of Music Perception: Melody, Harmony, and Timbre
- Multisensory Processing in Music
- Music and Memory
- Music and Attention, Executive Function, and Creativity
- Neural Correlates of Music and Emotion
- Neurochemical Responses to Music
- The Neuroaesthetics of Music: A Research Agenda Coming of Age
- Music and Language
- Musical Expertise and Brain Structure: The Causes and Consequences of Training
- Genomics Approaches for Studying Musical Aptitude and Related Traits
- Brain Research in Music Performance
- Brain Research in Music Improvisation
- Neural Mechanisms of Musical Imagery
- Neuroplasticity in Music Learning
- The Role of Musical Development in Early Language Acquisition
- Rhythm, Meter, and Timing: The Heartbeat of Musical Development
- Music and the Aging Brain
- Music Training and Cognitive Abilities: Associations, Causes, and Consequences
- The Neuroscience of Children on the Autism Spectrum with Exceptional Musical Abilities
- Neurologic Music Therapy in Sensorimotor Rehabilitation
- Neurologic Music Therapy for Speech and Language Rehabilitation
- Neurologic Music Therapy Targeting Cognitive and Affective Functions
- Musical Disorders
- When Blue Turns to Gray: The Enigma of Musician’s Dystonia
- New Horizons for Brain Research in Music
- Index
