Learning to play an instrument at an advanced age may help to counteract or slow down
age-related cognitive decline. However, studies investigating the neural underpinnings of …

Morphological differences in the auditory brain of musicians compared to nonmusicians are
often associated with life‐long musical activity. Cross‐sectional studies, however, do not …

Human auditory cortex (AC) organization resembles the core-belt-parabelt organization in
nonhuman primates. Previous studies assessed mostly spatial characteristics; however …

Musical expertise improves the precision of timing perception and performance–but is this
expertise generic, or is it tied to the specific style (s) and genre (s) of one's musical training …

Numerous studies have reported that long‐term musical training can affect brain
functionality and induce structural alterations in the brain. Singing is a form of vocal musical …

Background Professional musicians are a model population for exploring basic auditory
function, sensorimotor and multisensory integration, and training-induced neuroplasticity …

Regular musical activity as a complex multimodal lifestyle activity is proposed to be
protective against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. This cross …

Video games are a valuable tool for studying the effects of training and neural plasticity on
the brain. However, the underlying mechanisms related to plasticity-associated brain …

Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to rapidly label pitch without an external reference. The
speed of AP labeling may be related to faster sensory processing. We compared time …

Background Participation in multimodal leisure activities, such as playing a musical
instrument, may be protective against brain aging and dementia in older adults (OA) …