Familiarity in music has been reported as an important factor modulating emotional and
hedonic responses in the brain. Familiarity and repetition may increase the liking of a piece …

The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader
function has been proposed including aspects of perception and relational processing …

Musical memory is considered to be partly independent from other memory systems. In
Alzheimer's disease and different types of dementia, musical memory is surprisingly robust …

Mental imagery is a complex cognitive process that resembles the experience of perceiving
an object when this object is not physically present to the senses. It has been shown that …

The aim of this study was to explore whether musical practice-related gray matter increases
in brain regions are accompanied by modifications in their resting-state functional …

Intensive training and the acquisition of expertise are known to bring about structural
changes in the brain. Musical training is a particularly interesting model. Previous studies …

Objective: Previous behavioral studies show that music listening enhances attention and
working memory in both healthy and clinical populations. However, how music listening …

Music is known to induce emotions and activate associated memories, including musical
memories. In adults, it is well known that music activates both working memory and limbic …

Through this review of 25 clinical and experimental works on long-term musical memories in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, we attempt to clarify the conceptual understanding of …

Objective: The aim of this study was to objectively evaluate the brain activity potential of
patients with impaired consciousness in a chronic stage of diffuse brain injury (DBI) using …