In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the development of working memory in
musically trained and nontrained children and adolescents, aged 9–20. We measured …

It is known that early music learning (playing of an instrument) modifies functional brain
structure (both white and gray matter) and connectivity, especially callosal transfer, motor …

Long-term music training can positively impact speech processing. A recent framework
developed to explain such cross-domain plasticity posits that music training-related …

OBJECTIVE: This work investigates auditory speech processing in normal listeners through
measurement of brainstem responses to the synthetic vowel/a/. METHODS: The vowel is …

Hearing in noisy environments is a complicated task that engages attention, memory,
linguistic knowledge, and precise auditory-neurophysiological processing of sound …

Musicians have been shown to have enhanced speech perception in noise skills. It is
unclear whether these improvements are limited to the auditory modality, as no research has …

Both music and dance training can be conceptualised as mindfulness-like practices due to
their focus on the present moment. Mindfulness and music are associated with mental …

Selective attention enhances cortical responses to attended sensory inputs while
suppressing others, which can be an effective strategy for speech-in-noise (SiN) …

The conference entitled``The Neurosciences and Music‐IV: Learning and Memory''was held
at the University of Edinburgh from June 9–12, 2011, jointly hosted by the Mariani …

Speech rhythms guide perception, especially in noise. We recently revealed that
percussionists outperform non-musicians in speech-in-noise perception, with better speech …