Musical training has emerged as a useful framework for the investigation of training-related
plasticity in the human brain. Learning to play an instrument is a highly complex task that …

Tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation (ringing of the ears) experienced when no
external sound is present. Most but not all cases are associated with hearing loss induced …

We conducted a longitudinal study with 32 nonmusician children over 9 months to determine
1) whether functional differences between musician and nonmusician children reflect …

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

Musical structure is complex, consisting of a small set of elements that combine to form
hierarchical levels of pitch and temporal structure according to grammatical rules. As with …

Auditory evoked responses to a violin tone and a noise-burst stimulus were recorded from 4-
to 6-year-old children in four repeated measurements over a 1-year period using …

Purpose: We review a series of experiments aimed at studying pitch processing in music
and speech. These studies were conducted with musician and non musician adults and …

Neural mechanisms that detect changes in the auditory environment appear to rely on
processes that predict sensory state. Here we propose that in tinnitus there is a disparity …

Building on her earlier work,'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of
Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and …

It is widely accepted that the human brain is remarkably adaptive not only in child
development, but also during adulthood. Aim of this work is to offer an overview and a …