Evidence suggests that learning to play music enhances musical processing skills and
benefits other cognitive abilities. Furthermore, studies of children and adults indicate that the …

Through long-term training, music experts acquire complex and specialized sensorimotor
skills, which are paralleled by continuous neuro-anatomical and-functional adaptations. The …

Human emotions fluctuate over time. However, it is unclear how these shifting emotional
states influence the organization of episodic memory. Here, we examine how emotion …

Inhibitory control, the ability to suppress an immediate dominant response, has been shown
to predict academic and career success, socioemotional wellbeing, wealth, and physical …

First, executive functions are defined. Then the development of executive functions in
children, from infancy to 10–11 years of age, is briefly described. The relation between the …

Music training has traditionally been a fundamental component of children's education
across several cultures. Moreover, music training has been hypothesized to enhance the …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes lifelong cognitive deficits, particularly impairments of
executive functioning (EF). Musical training and music-based rehabilitation have been …

Adversity, including abuse, neglect, and poverty, impacts child brain development. However,
the developing brain is highly plastic, and some of the impacts of childhood adversity may …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes lifelong cognitive deficits, most often in executive
function (EF). Both musical training and music‐based rehabilitation have been shown to …

Jazz improvisation offers a model for creative cognition, as it involves the real-time creation
of a novel, information-rich product. Previous research has shown that when musicians …