Brain asymmetry has been observed in animals and humans in terms of structure, function
and behaviour. This lateralization is thought to reflect evolutionary, hereditary …

Playing a musical instrument is an intense, multisensory, and motor experience that usually
commences at an early age and requires the acquisition and maintenance of a range of …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Power of Music a research synthesis of the impact of actively
making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young …

From an early age, musicians learn complex motor and auditory skills (eg, the translation of
visually perceived musical symbols into motor commands with simultaneous auditory …

Research on how the brain processes music is emerging as a rich and stimulating area of
investigation of perception, memory, emotion, and performance. Results emanating from …

Studies of experience-driven neuroplasticity at the behavioural, ensemble, cellular and
molecular levels have shown that the structure and significance of the eliciting stimulus can …

After a brief historical perspective of the relationship between language and music, we
review our work on transfer of training from music to speech that aimed at testing the general …

The role of music training in fostering brain plasticity and developing high cognitive skills,
notably linguistic abilities, is of great interest from both a scientific and a societal perspective …

Research has revealed structural and functional differences in the brains of adult
instrumental musicians compared to those of matched nonmusician controls, with …

It is increasingly recognized that the human planum temporale is not a dedicated language
processor, but is in fact engaged in the analysis of many types of complex sound. We …