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. 2009 Oct 14:1:78.
doi: 10.3410/B1-78.

Music drives brain plasticity

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Music drives brain plasticity

Lutz Jäncke. F1000 Biol Rep. .

Abstract

Music is becoming more and more of an issue in the cognitive neurosciences. A major finding in this research area is that musical practice is associated with structural and functional plasticity of the brain. In this brief review, I will give an overview of the most recent findings of this research area.

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