Music training is generally assumed to improve perceptual and cognitive abilities. Although
correlational data highlight positive associations, experimental results are inconclusive …

During infancy and adolescence, language develops from a predominantly interhemispheric
control—through the corpus callosum (CC)—to a predominantly intrahemispheric control …

In the last couple of decades, the study of human living brain has benefitted of neuroimaging
and non-invasive electrophysiological techniques, which are particularly valuable during …

Background Professional musicians are a model population for exploring basic auditory
function, sensorimotor and multisensory integration, and training-induced neuroplasticity …

Some children who develop dyslexia show pre-reading auditory and speech processing
difficulties. Furthermore, left auditory cortex structure might be related to family risk for …

Background Left-handedness is a condition that reverses the typical left cerebral dominance
of motor control to an atypical right dominance. The impact of this distinct control—and its …

We determined the intersubject association between the rhythmic entrainment abilities of
human subjects during a synchronization-continuation tap** task (SCT) and the macro …

We determined the intersubject association between the rhythmic entrainment abilities of
human subjects during a synchronization-continuation tap** task (SCT) and the macro …

Music represents a salient stimulus for the brain with two key features: pitch and rhythm. Few
data are available on cognitive analysis of music listening in musically naïve healthy …

Neurologic music therapy (NMT) represents a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary approach
that combines the therapeutic properties of music with neuroscientific principles to treat a …