Extensive piano practicing has regionally specific effects on white matter development.
Nat Neurosci
; 8(9): 1148-50, 2005 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-16116456
ABSTRACT
Using diffusion tensor imaging, we investigated effects of piano practicing in childhood, adolescence and adulthood on white matter, and found positive correlations between practicing and fiber tract organization in different regions for each age period. For childhood, practicing correlations were extensive and included the pyramidal tract, which was more structured in pianists than in non-musicians. Long-term training within critical developmental periods may thus induce regionally specific plasticity in myelinating tracts.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prática Psicológica
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Encéfalo
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Mapeamento Encefálico
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Música
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article