Music training for the development of auditory skills
N Kraus, B Chandrasekaran - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
The effects of music training in relation to brain plasticity have caused excitement, evident
from the popularity of books on this topic among scientists and the general public …
from the popularity of books on this topic among scientists and the general public …
The proactive brain: using analogies and associations to generate predictions
M Bar - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2007 - cell.com
Rather than passively 'waiting'to be activated by sensations, it is proposed that the human
brain is continuously busy generating predictions that approximate the relevant future …
brain is continuously busy generating predictions that approximate the relevant future …
[HTML][HTML] Dynamic brains and the changing rules of neuroplasticity: implications for learning and recovery
A growing number of research publications have illustrated the remarkable ability of the
brain to reorganize itself in response to various sensory experiences. A traditional view of …
brain to reorganize itself in response to various sensory experiences. A traditional view of …
Musical training influences linguistic abilities in 8-year-old children: more evidence for brain plasticity
We conducted a longitudinal study with 32 nonmusician children over 9 months to determine
1) whether functional differences between musician and nonmusician children reflect …
1) whether functional differences between musician and nonmusician children reflect …
Music and cognitive abilities
EG Schellenberg - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …
confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning …
Why use music in English language learning? A survey of the literature.
D Engh - English language teaching, 2013 - ERIC
The use of music and song in the English language-learning classroom is not new. While
many teachers intuitively feel that music is beneficial in teaching English language, there is …
many teachers intuitively feel that music is beneficial in teaching English language, there is …
Tone language speakers and musicians share enhanced perceptual and cognitive abilities for musical pitch: evidence for bidirectionality between the domains of …
Psychophysiological evidence suggests that music and language are intimately coupled
such that experience/training in one domain can influence processing required in the other …
such that experience/training in one domain can influence processing required in the other …
Learning a novel phonological contrast depends on interactions between individual differences and training paradigm design
Studies evaluating phonological contrast learning typically investigate either the
predictiveness of specific pretraining aptitude measures or the efficacy of different …
predictiveness of specific pretraining aptitude measures or the efficacy of different …
Twelve months of active musical training in 8-to 10-year-old children enhances the preattentive processing of syllabic duration and voice onset time
Musical training has been shown to positively influence linguistic abilities. To follow the
developmental dynamics of this transfer effect at the preattentive level, we conducted a …
developmental dynamics of this transfer effect at the preattentive level, we conducted a …
Cross-domain effects of music and language experience on the representation of pitch in the human auditory brainstem
GM Bidelman, JT Gandour, A Krishnan - Journal of cognitive …, 2011 - direct.mit.edu
Neural encoding of pitch in the auditory brainstem is known to be shaped by long-term
experience with language or music, implying that early sensory processing is subject to …
experience with language or music, implying that early sensory processing is subject to …