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Relationship neuroscience/education science; Music; Brain; Learning; Plasticity
Abstract:
Brain, Music, Plasticity and Development
Music is an important human ability, which tran
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scends cultures and has been present already since
prehistoric times. Perceiving and practicing music
is an extremely challenging task for the brain,
which necessitates numerous cognitive processes.
Different levels of musical expertise enable us to
investigate the impact of training and learning on
the mastery of non-common competences. By this
means it can be shown how the brain realizes func-
tional and structural adaptation of exceptional
challenges. Results of numerous studies show an-
atomical and functional differences between mu-
sicians and non-musicians. These differences can
be observed at various levels during the percep-
tion and production of music and certain pro-
cesses run faster and more efficiently in musicians
than in non-musicians. By observing the develop
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ment of musical perception, there are signs that
such processes become more efficient with a per
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son’s age and that new competences can be
gained, which lead to new or modified processes
of perception and practice.
