Despite notable diversities, all cultures of the world share two unique human faculties: the
ability to produce and appreciate aspects of both music and language. To date, studies …

Neuroimaging work has shed light on the cerebral architecture involved in processing the
melodic and harmonic aspects of music. Here, recent evidence is reviewed illustrating that …

Music and language are uniquely human forms of communication. What neural structures
facilitate these abilities? This chapter conducts a review of music and language processing …

Here'sa commonplace experience: you are walking in a shopping mall when you hear a
tune being played in the background. It takes you a moment but then you realize that it is a …

Humans engage with music in many ways, and music is associated with many aspects of
our personal and social lives. Music represents an organization of our auditory …

Are there bi-directional influences between speech perception and music perception? An
answer to this question is essential for understanding the extent to which the speech and …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

This chapter focuses on brain areas and networks as they relate to specific aspects of
musical experience. Scientists and philosophers alike have long asked questions about the …

Music offers a unique opportunity to better understand the organization of the human brain.
Like language, music exists in all human societies. Like language, music is a complex, rule …

This review article highlights state‐of‐the‐art functional neuroimaging studies and
demonstrates the novel use of music as a tool for the study of human auditory brain structure …